Chausova Oksana

Name: Chausova Oksana Borisovna
Date of Birth: June 18, 1986
Current status: convicted person
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (2)
Time spent in prison: 2 day in a temporary detention facility, 177 day in a pre-trial detention, 202 day Under house arrest
Current restrictions: detention center
Sentence: imprisonment for a term of 2 years and 6 months with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a term of 2 years, with restriction of liberty for a term of 6 months with imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony
Currently held in: Detention Center No.1 for Kursk Region
Address for correspondence: Chausova Oksana Borisovna, born 1986, Detention Center No.1 for Kursk Region, Ul. Pirogova, 1, Kursk, Kursk Region, 305016

Biography

In December 2024, the court sentenced Oksana Chausova and her husband Dmitriy to 2.5 years in a penal colony because of their faith in Jehovah God.

Oksana was born in June 1986 in the city of Shu (Kazakhstan). When the girl was 13, her father died. She was raised by her mother and stepfather.

Oksana's youth was spent in the Kursk region. There she graduated from medical school with a degree in nursing. Before the criminal prosecution, she worked as a manicure and pedicure master.

Oksana got married in 2012, at the same time she moved to Kursk. Her husband Dmitry is a welder by profession, in his spare time he is engaged in viticulture.

Thanks to her believing grandparents, Oksana was familiar with the Bible from childhood, and when she grew up, she began to seriously think about what the meaning of life is, whether justice will be restored around the world. She found the answers to her questions in the pages of the Bible, and her trust in this book and in God grew. In 2014, Oksana and her husband embarked on the Christian path.

After her arrest, Oksana lost her job, was separated from her husband, and began to have serious health problems. Her relatives do not understand how in modern society a person can find himself behind bars just because of his religious views.

Prosecution of several family members

Case History

In August 2023, searches were carried out at the homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kursk. An FSB investigator initiated a criminal case against Nikolay Kupriyanskiy and the Chausovs, Dmitriy and Oksana. All three were detained. They were accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization and participating in it. Dmitriy was sent to a pre-trial detention center, and later, like Nikolay and Oksana, under house arrest. The Chavusovs were separated due to a ban on communication. In June 2024, the case was brought to court. Six months later, the verdict was announced: Nikolay Kupriyansky—6 years in a penal colony, Dmitry Chausov and his wife Oksana—2 years and 6 months each. In May 2025, the appeal approved this decision, while reducing the assigned terms: for Kupriyansky—to 4.5 years, for the Chausovs—to 1 year and 10 months. Dmitriy Chavusov was released in the courtroom, as he had already served his entire term in a pre-trial detention center.
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