Date of birth: September 14, 1973 (52 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Omsk
Occupation: транспорт
Pursuit stage:
решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:
March 4, 2024
Sentence:
6 лет лишения свободы в колонии общего режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:
April 29, 2026
Current location:
unknown
Leonid Pyzhov was born on 14 September 1973 and lives in Omsk. He was detained on 4 March 2024 and remanded in custody on 5 March 2024. On 26 August 2024, he was placed under house arrest, and on 24 February 2025, the preventive measure was changed to a prohibition on certain activities.
On 29 April 2026, he was convicted under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ('Organising the activities of an extremist organisation') in connection with his membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses, which is banned in Russia, and sentenced to three and a half years of compulsory labour in a correctional centre. The prosecution appealed the sentence.
On 6 August 2026, the appellate court increased his sentence to six years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. Leonid was taken into custody in the courtroom immediately after the judgment was announced.
