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Yefremov Aleksei Nikolaevich

Date of birth: February 6, 1964 (62 years old)
City of residence: Saratov
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  штраф 600.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  December 17, 2025
Current location:  not in custody
Date of release:  November 11, 2024
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Yefremov Aleksei Nikolaevich, born February 6, 1964, resident of Saratov.

Accused of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of an extremist organisation") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia.

Detained November 16, 2023, under house arrest since November 17, 2023. On November 11, he was released under a ban on certain actions.