Aleksandr Tsikunov
Aleksandr Tsikunov, born 1967, Kemerovo Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Aleksandr Tsikunov's case”. Sentence (March 6, 2025): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime p colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 2, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 40, Kemerovo Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast · NULL · Engineers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime p colony
Upheld December 23, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
December 23, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Aleksandr Tsikunov's case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Aleksandr Tsikunov's case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 40, Kemerovo Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
650036, Кемеровская область, г. Кемерово, ул. Волгоградская, д. 60 А, ИК-40, ФКУ «ИК № 40 ГУФСИН России по Кемеровской области», Цикунов Александр Геннадьевич, 1967 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Kaltan (Kemerovo Oblast). Tsikunov worked as the head of the State Architectural and Construction Supervision Inspection of the Kaltan Administration, and later as an engineer of the Major Construction Department at South Kuzbass GRES power plant. On 2 May 2021, his home was searched. He was detained, and on May 4, the court placed him under house arrest. On 24 June 2021, his measure of restraint was changed to a recognisance not to leave. In August 2022, the prosecutor's office returned the case for further investigation due to the fact that Tsikunov's right to defence was violated during the theological and linguistic expert examinations. In June 2023, the case went to court. On 6 March 2025, he was sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony.
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