Petrochenko Darya

Name: Petrochenko Darya Vladimirovna
Date of Birth: March 18, 1992
Current status: defendant
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1.1), 282.2 (2)
Time spent in prison: 2 day in a temporary detention facility, 34 day in a pre-trial detention
Current restrictions: detention center
Currently held in: Detention Center No.6 for Moscow
Address for correspondence: Petrochenko Darya Vladimirovna, born 1992, Detention Center No.6 for Moscow, Ul. SHhosseynaya, 92, Moscow, 109383

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Biography

Darya Petrochenko, chief specialist of the representative office of Ingushetia under the President of the Russian Federation in Moscow, faced criminal prosecution for her faith in Jehovah God. In December 2024, she and her mother were searched. The believer ended up in a pre-trial detention center.

Darya was born in March 1992 in the Moscow region. Her father is an engineer by profession, and her mother is a merchandiser. Darya has an elder brother on her father's side.

The girl graduated with honors from college with a degree in secretary-assistant with knowledge of English. Then she received two higher educations in the specialties of "lawyer" and "translator".

Back in the early 1990s, shortly before Darya was born, her mother met Jehovah's Witnesses. In Darya's heart, biblical truths resonated, the love for which her mother instilled in her from childhood. In 2010, the girl was baptized.

As a child, Darya loved to play outdoor games, ride a bike and roller skate, and travel. Now she also leads an active lifestyle—she goes in for sports, loves to swim, as well as travels, improves her German and Spanish.

Relatives, friends and colleagues are perplexed why this peaceful and responsible girl was arrested. They support her in every possible way.

Case History

In December 2024, searches were carried out at least 8 addresses of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow and Lyubertsy near Moscow. The day before, the Moscow Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Oksana Ivanova, Larisa Kislaya, Liliana Korol, Darya Petrochenko and Zaur Murtuzov. The reason for initiating the case was their conversations about the Bible with Olga Grigoryeva, who feigned interest in this book. Five of Jehovah’s Witnesses are accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization and involving other persons in it. Later, Murtuzov, Korol and Petrochenko were sent to a pre-trial detention center, and Kislaya and Ivanova were placed under house arrest.
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