Name: Treguba Yekaterina Viktorovna
Date of Birth: February 17, 1991
Current status: convicted person
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (2)
Current restrictions: recognizance agreement
Sentence: Imprisonment for a term of 3 years 4 months with restriction of liberty for a period of 6 months, imprisonment shall be considered suspended with a probationary period of 3 years

Biography

In September 2020, a 29-year-old native of Vladivostok, Yekaterina Treguba, joined the list of more than 30 Primorye residents accused of extremism for their faith. Interrogations, searches and court testimonies became part of her daily life.

Yekaterina was born in February 1991. She has a younger brother and sister. As a child she was fond of studying English, dancing, basketball and sambo. After school, she graduated from the Academic College of Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service. Now Yekaterina teaches English. In her spare time, she likes to go jogging, which helps her cope with stress.

Katya's interest in the Bible came from childhood when her grandmother read her interesting stories from Scriptures. Especially the girl was affected by the fact that people will never grow old again. Later, Yekaterina became personally convinced of the love and care of the Creator& In 2008 she became a Christian.

Although parents do not share Yekaterina’s religious beliefs, their daughter's criminal prosecution is a source of serious concern and perplexity. The believer herself tries not to succumb to fear and unnecessary stress. "This experience has made me stronger," she says.

Case History

On an early July morning in 2018, in Vladivostok, masked armed law enforcement officers invaded the apartment of a 90-year-old relative of Dmitriy and Yelena Barmakin. Later, Yelena was charged with extremism and the family’s bank accounts were blocked. The reason for this was her participation in meetings for worship, which were secretly filmed by an FSB agent. In May 2020, the believer’s case went to court, and in September it was returned to the prosecutor’s office. In August 2021, the investigator merged the cases against Yelena and her fellow believers — Yuriy Redozubov, Igor Lonchakov, Lyudviga Katanaeva, Nina Astvatsaturova, Yekaterina Treguba, Yelena Tsorn and the Verigin couple. In June 2022, the case went to court, and in January 2025, the believers received the following sentences: Lonchakov — 7 years imprisonment, Redozubov — 6.5 years imprisonment; Treguba and Katanaeva — 3 years and 4 months suspended; Barmakina, Tsorn and Astvatsaturova — 3 years suspended.
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