Tatiana Velizhanina
Tatiana Velizhanina, born 1972, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi”. Sentence (March 27, 2022): one year and five months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
1 year 5 months
one year and five months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
- 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 and involvement of an extremist organisation
Latest event
November 28, 2022 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 5 months
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai
· Persecution begins
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
Other defendants in the case
- Vladimir Deshko — At large, 1 year 4 months
- Yuri Loginsky — At large, 2 years
- Yuri Moskalev — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 24 March 2021. On 26 March the court decided to take Velizhanina into custody on the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 4 March 2022 she was transferred under house arrest. On 28 March, she was sentenced to a year and four months in a general regime colony, the term was considered served, and she was released in the courtroom.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.