Kosteev Sergei Vladimirovich

Kosteev Sergei Vladimirovich, born May 9, 1960, resident of Irkutsk.

On charges of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation") and Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Financing extremist activities") in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia, sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. On 12 December 2024, the appeal court upheld the sentence.

Detained on October 4, 2021, held in custody.