JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

CURRENTLY IN PRISON

RUSSIA
AUGUST 2023

NAME AGE LOCATION TERM; UNTIL REASON

Afanasiyev, Sergey 59 Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region 78 months; 2029-04-13 Religious activity
Aliev, Alam 60 Detention Center No. 1, Jewish Autonomous Region 78 months; 2029-03-18 Religious activity
Ananin, Sergey 56 Detention Center No. 4, Kemerovo Region 72 months; 2028-01-29 Religious activity
Andreyev, Boris 71 Detention Center No. 2, Primorye Territory 12 months; 2023-10-06 Religious activity
Antonov, Denis 46 Penal Colony No. 12, Republic of Mordovia 24 months; 2024-06-14 Religious activity
Atrуakhin, Vladimir 35 Penal Colony No. 3, Republic of Mari El 72 months; 2028-03-31 Religious activity
Avanesov, Arsen 39 Penal Colony No. 3, Ulyanovsk Region 84 months; 2025-02-11 Religious activity
Avanesov, Vilen 70 Penal Colony No. 3, Ulyanovsk Region 72 months; 2024-02-11 Religious activity
Baranovskiy, Roman 49 Penal Colony No. 3, Trans-Baikal Territory 72 months; 2027-01-10 Religious activity
Barmakin, Dmitriy 49 Detention Center No. 1, Primorye Territory Verdict not finalized Religious activity
Beltikov, Maksim 42 Penal Colony No. 9, Krasnodar Territory 20 months; 2023-09-17 Religious activity
Berchuk, Aleksey 47 Penal Colony No. 3, Republic of Mari El 96 months; 2029-05-27 Religious activity
Bitusov, Yevgeniy 44 Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region 72 months; 2028-11-11 Religious activity
Byche, Yuriy 37 Detention Center No. 1, Primorye Territory 7 months; 2023-09-26 Religious activity
Chaykovskiy, Ivan 68 Detention Center No. 4, Moscow Verdict not finalized Religious activity
Chernyshev, Yuriy 59 Detention Center No. 4, Moscow Verdict not finalized Religious activity
Danielyan, Andrey 54 Penal Colony No. 8, Omsk Region 72 months; 2028-09-28 Religious activity
Danilov, Oleg 49 Penal Colony No. 11, Krasnodar Territory 36 months; 2024-03-01 Religious activity
Diarov, Rustam 49 Penal Colony No. 8, Republic of Tatarstan 86 months; 2027-07-29 Religious activity
Druzhinin, Leonid 54 Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region 78 months; 2029-05-13 Religious activity
Dyadkin, Aleksey 34 Penal Colony No. 2, Lipetsk Region 84 months; 2026-06-07 Religious activity
Filatov, Aleksandr 38 Detention Center No. 1, Krasnoyarsk Territory Verdict not finalized Religious activity
Galitsyna, Lyubov 67 Detention Center No. 3, Rostov Region 12 months; 2023-08-23 Religious activity
Golik, Dmitriy 36 Penal Colony No. 2, Amur Region-colony settlements 72 months; 2027-07-29 Religious activity
Gorbunov, Anatoliy 65 Penal Colony No. 31, Krasnoyarsk Territory 72 months; 2027-11-25 Religious activity
Goreliy, Aleksey 42 Penal Colony No. 3, Ulyanovsk Region 78 months; 2025-11-16 Religious activity
Gromov, Sergey 54 Detention Center No. 1, Republic of Tatarstan 17 months; 2023-08-23 Religious activity
Ivanov, Yevgeniy 46 Penal Colony No. 8, Republic of Tatarstan 96 months; 2027-07-29 Religious activity
Ivanova, Olga 40 Penal Colony No. 7, Stavropol Territory 42 months; 2024-06-13 Religious activity
Ivshin, Aleksandr 65 Penal Colony No. 10, Rostov Region 90 months; 2028-04-14 Religious activity
Kalin, Yaroslav 53 Detention Center No. 1, Irkutsk Region 23 months; 2023-09-20 Religious activity
Kardakov, Sergey 38 Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region 76 months; 2029-02-11 Religious activity
Khachaturyan, Garegin 56 Detention Center No. 1, Rostov Region 12 months; 2023-08-10 Religious activity
Kiramov, Rinat 35 Detention Center No. 1, Astrakhan Region To be determined Religious activity
Klikunov, Sergey 48 Penal Colony No. 8, Republic of Tatarstan 86 months; 2027-07-29 Religious activity
Klimov, Sergey 53 Penal Colony No. 8, Astrakhan Region 72 months; 2023-07-25 Religious activity

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NAME AGE LOCATION TERM; UNTIL REASON
Komarov, Vitaliy 47 Detention Center No. 4, Moscow Verdict not finalized Religious activity
Korolev, Aleksandr 44 Penal Colony No. 12, Republic of Mordovia 24 months; 2024-06-14 Religious activity
Korolev, Sergey 49 Detention Center No. 1, Astrakhan Region To be determined Religious activity
Korotun, Yevgeniy 53 Penal Colony No. 13, Sverdlovsk Region 84 months; 2026-10-06 Religious activity
Kosteev, Sergey 63 Detention Center No. 1, Irkutsk Region 23 months; 2023-09-20 Religious activity
Kosyanenko, Sergey 62 Detention Center No. 1, Astrakhan Region To be determined Religious activity
Kriger, Valeriy 55 Detention Center No. 1, Jewish Autonomous Region 81 months; 2029-06-28 Religious activity
Li, Anatoliy 38 Detention Center No. 2, Primorye Territory 11 months; 2023-10-06 Religious activity
Malevaniy, Dmitriy 33 Detention Center No. 4, Primorye Territory 82 months; 2029-04-19 Religious activity
Mamalimov, Igor 46 Penal Colony No. 35, Republic of Khakassia 72 months; 2028-04-14 Religious activity
Mareev, Roman 45 Detention Center No. 4, Moscow 22 months; 2023-09-07 Religious activity
Martynov, Nikolay 64 Detention Center No. 1, Irkutsk Region 23 months; 2023-09-20 Religious activity
Meleshko, Vasiliy 62 Penal Colony No. 11, Krasnodar Territory 36 months; 2024-07-13 Religious activity
Melnik, Sergey 51 Penal Colony No. 5, Kirov Region 60 months; 2026-02-03 Religious activity
Melnik, Vladimir 57 Detention Center No. 1, Oryol Region 35 months; 2023-10-30 Religious activity
Moiseyev, Nikita 33 Penal Colony No. 3, Ulyanovsk Region 84 months; 2026-05-19 Religious activity
Morozov, Andrey 47 Detention Center No. 1, St. Petersburg 6 months; 2023-08-18 Religious activity
Morozov, Maksim 39 Detention Center No. 4, Kemerovo Region 25 months; 2023-09-18 Religious activity
Moysh, Mikhail 35 Detention Center No. 1, Irkutsk Region 23 months; 2023-09-20 Religious activity
Nikolayev, Aleksandr 49 Penal Colony No. 9, Krasnodar Territory 30 months; 2023-09-20 Religious activity
Nikulin, Georgiy 59 Penal Colony No. 3, Republic of Mari El 50 months; 2026-01-05 Religious activity
Nikulina, Yelena 54 Penal Colony No. 2, Republic of Mordovia 50 months; 2026-08-12 Religious activity
Novoselov, Sergey 55 Detention Center No. 1, Primorye Territory 7 months; 2023-09-26 Religious activity
Olshevskiy, Anton 35 Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region 75 months; 2029-01-11 Religious activity
Panyuta, Olga 64 Detention Center No. 4, Primorye Territory 52 months; 2026-10-20 Religious activity
Parkov, Aleksandr 55 Penal Colony No. 10, Rostov Region 78 months; 2024-08-12 Religious activity
Peresunko, Denis 45 Penal Colony No. 6, Udmurtian Republic 65 months; 2026-09-01 Religious activity
Pike, Sean Antonio 51 Detention Center No. 2, Moscow 24 months; 2023-08-24 Religious activity
Piskarev, Vladimir 67 Detention Center No. 1, Oryol Region 35 months; 2023-10-30 Religious activity
Popov, Igor 35 Detention Center No. 1, Irkutsk Region 21 months; 2023-09-20 Religious activity
Popov, Vladimir 56 Penal Colony No. 3, Ulyanovsk Region 84 months; 2026-05-19 Religious activity
Putintsev, Aleksandr 49 Penal Colony No. 5, Altay Territory 78 months; 2028-10-12 Religious activity
Putintsev, Artur 53 Detention Center No. 1, Oryol Region 35 months; 2023-10-30 Religious activity
Razumov, Yevgeniy 43 Penal Colony No. 3, Ulyanovsk Region 84 months; 2026-05-19 Religious activity
Rogozin, Valeriy 61 Penal Colony No. 6, Udmurtian Republic 77 months; 2026-07-06 Religious activity
Romanov, Sergey 47 Chukotka Autonomous Area 2 months; 2023-08-02 Religious activity
Rumyantsev, Aleksandr 46 Detention Center No. 2, Moscow 24 months; 2023-08-24 Religious activity
Ryabokon, Sergey 33 Detention Center No. 6, St. Petersburg 6 months; 2023-08-18 Religious activity
Safronova, Anna 57 Penal Colony No. 7, Stavropol Territory 72 months; 2027-08-20 Religious activity
Sannikov, Konstantin 52 Penal Colony No. 8, Tatarstan Republic 78 months; 2025-10-08 Religious activity
Saparov, Nikolay 41 Detention Center No. 2, Republic of Adygeya 16 months; 2023-08-03 Religious activity
Sarazhakov, Denis 35 Detention Center No. 1, Irkutsk Region 21 months; 2023-09-20 Religious activity
Savelyev, Yuriy 69 Penal Colony No. 5, Altay Territory 72 months; 2023-07-19 Religious activity
Seredkin, Aleksandr 68 Detention Center No. 1, Novosibirsk Region Verdict not finalized Religious activity
Sharapova, Natalya 50 Detention Center No. 3, Primorye Territory 11 months; 2023-10-06 Religious activity
Shatalov, Sergey 53 Detention Center No. 4, Moscow Verdict not finalized Religious activity
Shchekoldina, Lyudmila 47 Penal Colony No. 28, Volgograd Region 49 months; 2026-04-16 Religious activity
Shevchuk, Aleksandr 33 Penal Colony No. 12, Republic of Mordovia 24 months; 2023-11-08 Religious activity

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NAME AGE LOCATION TERM; UNTIL REASON
Shidlovskiy, Oleg 54 Penal Colony No. 3, Ulyanovsk Region 78 months; 2025-11-16 Religious activity
Shulyarenko, Sergey 38 Detention Center No. 1, Jewish Autonomous Region 81 months; 2029-06-28 Religious activity
Siyukhov, Inver 48 Penal Colony No. 1, Republic of Adygeya 27 months; 2023-08-18 Religious activity
Skachidub, Vladimir 61 Penal Colony No. 6, Ryazan Region 50 months; 2025-09-05 Religious activity
Skvortsov, Aleksandr 61 Detention Center No. 5, Rostov Region 20 months; 2023-08-22 Religious activity
Solnechny, Aleksey 47 Detention Center No. 1, Irkutsk Region 23 months; 2023-09-20 Religious activity
Stupnikov, Andrey 49 Penal Colony No. 5, Kirov Region 72 months; 2026-02-18 Religious activity
Suvorov, Danil 27 Detention Center No. 1, Krasnodar Territory To be determined Religious activity
Svarichevskiy, Adam 59 Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region 75 months; 2029-01-11 Religious activity
Sviridov, Eduard 59 Detention Center No. 2, Moscow 24 months; 2023-08-24 Religious activity
Terebilov, Dmitriy 43 Penal Colony No. 1, Kostroma Region 36 months; 2024-09-06 Religious activity
Tibiy, Valeriy 46 Detention Center No. 5, Rostov Region 15 months; 2023-08-22 Religious activity
Tolmachev, Andrey 47 Detention Center No. 1, Irkutsk Region 23 months; 2023-09-20 Religious activity
Tolokonnikov, Sergey 50 Detention Center No. 3, Moscow 21 months; 2023-09-07 Religious activity
Trofimov, Aleksey 64 Detention Center No. 4, Primorye Territory 76 months; 2028-10-20 Religious activity
Ukhov, Aleksey 43 Detention Center No. 4, Khabarovsk Territory Verdict not finalized Religious activity
Usanov, Yuriy 31 Detention Center No. 4, Kemerovo Region 29 months; 2023-09-18 Religious activity
Vlasov, Andrey 54 Penal Colony No. 3, Novosibirsk Region 84 months; 2028-05-12 Religious activity
Voishchev, Nikolay 67 Detention Center No. 2, Republic of Adygeya To be determined Religious activity
Yakovlev, Yuriy 57 Detention Center No. 6, Krasnoyarsk Territory Verdict not finalized Religious activity
Yegozaryan, Igor 58 Penal Colony No. 6, Udmurtian Republic 72 months; 2026-02-03 Religious activity
Yeritsyan, Gevorg 36 Detention Center No. 3, Rostove Region 12.5 months; 2023-08-23 Religious activity
Yermilov, Sergey 55 Detention Center No. 1, Amur Region 75 months; 2029-01-11 Religious activity
Yermolaev, Vladimir 34 Penal Colony No. 3, Trans-Baikal Territory 76 months; 2028-09-05 Religious activity
Zagulin, Dmitriy 49 Detention Center No. 1, Jewish Autonomous Region 42 months; 2026-03-30 Religious activity
Zakaryan, Vardan 52 Detention Center No. 4, Moscow Verdict not finalized Religious activity
Zhmyrev, Igor 52 Detention Center No. 1, St. Petersburg 6 months; 2023-08-18 Religious activity
Zinich, Yevgeniy 57 Penal Colony No. 15, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area - Yugra 72 months; 2028-03-16 Religious activity

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