Vasiliev Nikolay Vasilievich

Vasiliev Nikolay Vasilievich, born May 15, 1984, resident of Samara.

Charged with committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of a religious organisation that has been decided to be liquidated due to extremist activity") in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community, he was sentenced to 7 years in a general regime penal colony. On May 20, 2024, the appellate court upheld the sentence.

He was arrested on December 15, 2021, and was in custody from December 16, 2021 to December 14, 2022, when he was transferred under a ban on certain actions. He was taken into custody again on January 25, 2024 after the verdict was announced.