Name: Marunov Anatoliy Viktorovich
Date of Birth: November 10, 1953
Current status: convicted person
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1)
Time spent in prison: 2 day in a temporary detention facility, 449 day in a pre-trial detention, 629 day Under house arrest, 64 day in prison
Current restrictions: detention center
Sentence: punishment in the form of 6 years 6 months of imprisonment with serving in a correctional colony of general regime, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public organizations for a period of 3 years, with restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year
Currently held in: Correctional Colony No. 3 of the Tambov Region
Address for correspondence: Marunov Anatoliy Viktorovich, born 1953, Correctional Colony No. 3 of the Tambov Region, Ul. Tsentralnaya, 6, pos. Zelenyi, Rasskazovskiy rayon, Tambov Region, 393265

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Biography

Search, detention, criminal case for faith — all this happened to Anatoliy Marunov in October 2021. A peaceful believer from Moscow, an exemplary family man, married for almost half a century and having two grown-up sons, suddenly found himself accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization.

Anatoliy was born in November 1953 in the city of Izmail (Ukraine) and was the only child in the officer's family. During his school years he was engaged in ship modeling, and also studied at the music school, accordion class. For some time Anatoliy lived in Tallinn.

After the army, in 1973, Anatoliy moved from Tallinn to Moscow and entered the philological faculty of Moscow State University. After studying there for 3 years, he was forced to leave school to take care of his family. For almost 40 years, Anatoliy worked in the publishing house and printing house of the “Krasnaya Zvezda” newspaper, which for a long time was the central printed organ of the USSR and Russian Federation Ministry of Defense. Anatoliy's responsibilities included prepress — typesetting and layout of text, processing of illustrations. He is now retired. In his spare time he likes to do car maintenance himself.

While studying at Moscow State University, Anatoliy met Alevtina, who in 1975 became his wife. Three years before the birth of her children, she worked in the housing department of the Moscow executive committee, and in the last years — for more than 10 years — as a tutor in Russian language and literature. Alevtina is also fond of theater and music. The couple raised two sons. One of them graduated from the Academy of Choral Art, and the second from the Moscow Polygraphic College.

Alevtina has always been interested in religion, and, starting to study the Bible, she found answers to important questions for her. In 1994, she embarked on the Christian path. Anatoliy joined her 5 years later — in 1999. He was impressed by the consistency and consistency of the Bible, as well as the accuracy of the prophecies being fulfilled.

The criminal prosecution completely changed the life of the Marunovs. The believer was placed under house arrest. Relatives are perplexed about the charges brought against Anatoliy. As far as they can, they support the Marunovs emotionally and financially.

Case History

In October 2021, the Investigative Committee conducted at least eight searches in different districts of Moscow and the Moscow Region. Anatoliy Marunov, Sergey Tolokonnikov and Roman Mareyev were detained and sent to a temporary detention facility. Later, Mareyev and Tolokonnikov were placed in a detention center, and Marunov was placed under house arrest. A criminal case was initiated against them under an article for extremism. In June 2022, the case went to court. The charge was based on recordings made by an FSB agent who pretended to be interested in the Bible. In July 2023, the defendants were sentenced: 69-year-old veteran of work Marunov – 6.5 years, 50-year-old Tolokonnikov – 5 years, and 45-year-old Mareyev – 4.5 years in a penal colony. A year later, the court of appeal toughened Tolokonnikov’s sentence, adding 2 months to his term. Roman Mareyev was released on October 25, 2024.
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