Manuylov Vitaliy

Name: Manuylov Vitaliy Anatoliyevich
Date of Birth: December 4, 1972
Current status: convicted person
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (2)
Time spent in prison: 1 day in a temporary detention facility, 102 day Under house arrest
Current restrictions: prohibition of certain actions
Sentence: punishment in the form of 2 years of imprisonment, imprisonment shall be replaced by forced labor for a term of 2 years with deduction of 10% from the salary to the state, with restriction of liberty for a period of 6 months

Biography

"My relatives do not understand why I am being persecuted," said Vitaliy Manuylov. In the summer of 2023, a criminal case was opened against him, accusing him of extremism.

Vitaliy was born in Barnaul in December 1972. When he was still a child, the family moved to Kazakhstan. Vitaliy spent his childhood there, then served in the army. In 1993, he returned to Barnaul, and later moved his parents there. Vitaliy has a younger brother. Their father is no longer alive.

In his youth, Vitaliy was fond of cross-country skiing—he trained at the School of Higher Sportsmanship, participated in republican competitions. In 1996, he graduated from the Construction College with a degree in Installation and Operation of Internal Plumbing and Ventilation Devices. Since then, he has been working by profession.

"All my life I have asked myself: what is the future of our children and grandchildren? If life is getting harder every year, what are we living for? Why do people die? No one could answer me," Vitaliy recalls. "In 1997, I met Jehovah's Witnesses, and they answered these and other questions with the help of the Bible." Reading the Holy Scriptures, he came to the conclusion that this book was the Word of God, and in 2000 he became one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Vitaliy met his wife Marina back in Kazakhstan after serving in the army. In September 1994, they got married. The couple have a daughter who is already married. In his free time, Vitaliy still goes in for sports and teaches his grandson to do it.

Case History

In the summer of 2023, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Valeriy Klokov in Barnaul. Then Vitaliy Manuylov was searched, and he was interrogated as a witness. In April 2024, Manuylov was summoned for re-interrogation, accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization, and detained. The next day, the court placed him under house arrest. Two months later, Manuylov's case was separated from Klokov's case. In June 2024, the case materials were transferred to the court. The case involved the testimony of a secret witness. In November 2024, the court sentenced Vitaliy to 2 years of forced labor.
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