Seredkin Aleksandr

Name: Seredkin Aleksandr Ivanovich
Date of Birth: December 1, 1954
Current status: main sentence served
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1)
Time spent in prison: 2 day in a temporary detention facility, 213 day in a pre-trial detention, 178 day Under house arrest, 923 day in prison
Current restrictions: restriction of freedom
Sentence: imprisonment for 6 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in organizational activities in public or religious associations, public or religious organizations for a period of 5 years, with restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year
Released: December 25, 2025

Biography

In April 2019, in Novosibirsk, FSB officers broke into the homes of 12 citizens in order to stop the “activity of an extremist organization”—reading the Bible and praying. Aleksandr Seredkin was accused of organizing this activity and in November 2022 the court sentenced him to 6 years in a penal colony.

Aleksandr was born in 1954 in the village of Verkhniy Naimangut (Irkutsk Region) in a family of simple rural workers. His father worked as a combine operator and his mother worked as an assistant to a tractor driver. Aleksandr has a younger brother and sister. The family lost another daughter when she was only seven. Later, they moved to the city of Usolye-Sibirskoye.

As a child, Aleksandr was active - he played soccer, painted, read a lot and was interested in science. After graduating from the vocational technical college, he continued the family tradition and became a combine tractor operator. Later he worked as a driver.

The name of Aleksandr's wife is Svetlana. When the Seredkins retired, they decided to move to Novosibirsk. They raised two sons who became worthy members of society.

Since childhood, Aleksandr was interested in questions like: where did people come from? what is the purpose of life? what is the future of humankind? He found convincing answers  in the Bible, and for nearly 30 years along with his wife, has been living according to the commandments of this book.

Relatives and friends of Aleksandr are shocked by his criminal prosecution for his faith in God.

Elderly

Case History

The criminal prosecution of Aleksandr Seredkin began in April 2019, when law enforcement officers invaded the homes of civilians. During the searches, law enforcement officers planted banned books on believers. As a result of the raid, the FSB initiated a criminal case for organizing and participating in the activities of an extremist organization against three believers: Aleksandr Seredkin, Valeriy Maletskov and Marina Chaplykina. Later, the Seredkin case was separated into separate proceedings. The believer was included in the Rosfinmonitoring list, which caused difficulties in obtaining a pension. Aleksandr spent a day in a temporary detention center and six months under house arrest. In March 2022, the case went to court. The accusation was based on the testimony of a secret witness who feigned interest in the Bible and collaborated with the FSB. In November of the same year, the believer was sentenced to 6 years in a penal colony, the court of appeal and the court of cassation upheld this decision. In December 2025, Seredkin was released by a court decision—he was diagnosed with stage IV cancer.
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