Maladyka Vladimir

Name: Maladyka Vladimir Ivanovich
Date of Birth: July 8, 1963
Current status: convicted person
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1)
Time spent in prison: 1 day in a temporary detention facility, 550 day in a pre-trial detention, 286 day Under house arrest, 981 day in prison
Sentence: punishment in the form of 6 years of imprisonment with serving a sentence in a correctional colony of general regime, with deprivation of the right to engage in educational activities, activities related to speeches and publications in the media, placement of materials in information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet for a period of 7 years, with restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year
Term of imprisonment: until July 2026
Currently held in: Correctional Colony No. 3 of the Tambov Region

Maladyka Vladimir Ivanovich, born 1963, Correctional Colony No. 3 of the Tambov Region, Ul. Tsentralnaya, 6, pos. Zelenyi, Rasskazovskiy rayon, Tambov Region, 393265

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Biography

An exemplary family man, talented mechanic, peaceful Christian Vladimir Maladyka found himself behind bars after the raid on believers by security forces in October 2020. Then he spent six months in jail. Later, in October 2022, the court sentenced Vladimir to 6 years in prison.

Vladimir was born in July 1963 in the city of Yenakievo (Donetsk region) in the family of a miner. After graduating from school, he learned to be a cook. Later, he studied at the School of Naval Aviation Technicians in Kaliningrad, where he received a specialty "Technical Operation of Aircraft and Engines". He served as a technician in the village of Kacha (Sevastopol, Crimea).

Vladimir has always been fond of cars, especially body welding. Once, he assembled a full-fledged car from the old GAZ-21 body and registered it with the traffic police.

In 1986, Vladimir married Natalya, with whom they had been together for more than 30 years. In the early 1990s, the family faced difficulties. During this period, his brother and his wife came to him and offered to find out what was written in the Bible. After a long in-depth study of the Holy Scriptures, the family decided to become Christians and live by biblical standards.

People around know Vladimir as a hospitable and sympathetic person, always ready to help. However, the authorities considered him a criminal only because of his convictions.

Elderly

Case History

In October 2020, law enforcement officers conducted searches in the homes of believers in Sevastopol. The day before, the FSB initiated a criminal case against Vladimir Maladyka, Yevgeniy Zhukov, and Vladimir Sakada. They were charged with organizing the activity of an extremist organization only because of their faith in Jehovah God. The charge was based on video recordings of four meetings for worship of Jehovah’s Witnesses made by FSB agents. The believers spent a day in a temporary detention facility, then the court sent them to a pretrial detention center. In April 2021, the case went to court. During the investigation and trial, they spent more than 1 year and 4 months in a pretrial detention center and more than 8 months under house arrest. In October 2022, the court sentenced them to 6 years in a penal colony. The court of appeal upheld this decision a year later, and in December 2024, the verdict was finally upheld by the court of cassation. In June 2026, Yevgeniy Zhukov was released.
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