Raisa Usanova
Raisa Usanova, born 1947, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok”. Sentence (May 31, 2022): Two years of suspended imprisonment, nine months of a non-custodial sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 9, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Vladivostok · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
Two years of suspended imprisonment, nine months of a non-custodial sentence
Upheld September 25, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
July 30, 2026 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 9, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok
Other defendants in the case
- Nadezhda Anoikina — At large, 2 years
- Lyubov Galaktionova — At large, 2 years
- Naila Kogay — At large, 2 years
- Valentyn Osadchuk — At large, 6 years
- Nina Purge — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok
Details and sources
Full summary
On 19 April 2018, detained in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Released on her own recognisance.
On 12 November 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 16 December 2020, the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of first instance. On 1 June 2022, the court of first instance sentenced Usanova to two years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.