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Nikolay Yakovlev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Nikolay Yakovlev, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Nikolai Yakovlev”. Status: at large.

In brief

Moscow Oblast · Podolsk · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Preventive measure: ban on certain activities

Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in the activities of an extremist organisation

Latest event

October 4, 2019 — preventive measure: house arrest

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Preventive measure: house arrest

  2. · Persecution begins

    The case of Nikolai Yakovlev

  3. · Preventive measure: ban on certain activities

Criminal case

The case of Nikolai Yakovlev

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On October 3, 2019, Yakovlev's house was searched on the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. Next day, the court sent him under house arrest. No later than November, a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition of certain actions was elected for him.

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