All assessments of the criminal prosecution of specific individuals, including the designation of detained persons as political prisoners, reflect the position of our Project. Such assessments are not based on the views and assessments of the individuals being prosecuted, their families, friends or lawyers, and do not imply their consent or approval. The information regarding the facts of specific criminal cases published on our Project’s website has been obtained from public sources and does not imply or require the consent of the individuals mentioned therein or their representatives.

Nikulina Elena Anatolyevna

Date of birth: August 18, 1968 (57 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  4 года 2 месяца лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год 2 месяца ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  August 25, 2022
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Mordovia

Nikulina Elena Anatolyevna, born August 18, 1968, lives in Saransk, wife of political prisoner Georgy Nikulin.

Sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in a general regime penal colony under Part 1.1 and 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation and participation in it") in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses, banned in Russia. She was under a personal recognisance (a written undertaking not to leave).

In custody since August 25, 2022.