Name: Beznosenko Olga Vladimirovna
Date of Birth: June 1, 1982
Current status: defendant
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1)
Current restrictions: recognizance agreement

Biography

Olga Beznosenko was born in Bolshaya Tura, Zabaykalsky Territory. Later, she moved to Atamanovka to be closer to her relatives. She has a younger sister. Their mother is retired; their father died of lung cancer. Olga is divorced and has an adult daughter, who is already married.

After finishing school, Olga graduated from a vocational college, where she trained as a pastry chef. She worked in various fields: caring for elderly people, serving as a postal worker, and later as a cleaner. In her free time, she enjoys drawing and making crafts and greeting cards.

In the early 2000s, Olga became pregnant. Because of family difficulties, she considered having an abortion. During that period, she met Jehovah's Witnesses. Reflecting on Bible teachings moved Olga to keep the baby. Seeing that the Bible's counsel had a positive effect on different areas of her life, she was baptized in 2005.

Olga was among the believers whose homes were searched in March 2026. She recalls: "I was with my mother and my aunt, who is seriously ill. It was stressful for all of us."

Case History

In March 2026, the FSB opened a criminal case against ten residents of Chita. The believers were suspected of organizing and participating in extremist activities merely for reading the Bible together with friends. The oldest among them, Anatoliy Pozdnyakov, was 67 years old at the time, while Svetlana Arefyeva and Anna Guseva were just 21. After the searches, eight of the defendants were placed under travel restrictions, Pozdnyakov was sent to house arrest, and Aleksey Karpov and Bakhtiyor Raupov were taken into custody.
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