Name: Golik Dmitriy Mikhailovich
Date of Birth: March 26, 1987
Current status: convicted person
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1)
Time spent in prison: 64 day in a pre-trial detention, 1322 day in prison
Current restrictions: suspended sentence
Sentence: Sentence: 6 years and 2 months of imprisonment to be served in a general regime penal colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public organizations for a term of 4 years, with restriction of liberty for a term of 1 year
Term of imprisonment: until April 2025

Biography

On July 20, 2018, in Blagoveshchensk, mass searches took place in the homes of civilians. On the same day, Dmitriy Golik was charged and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of a recognizance agreement Subsequently, it turned out that the operatives installed a listening device in the apartment where he lived with his wife, and for almost six months listened to the details of their personal life.

Dmitriy Golik was born in 1987 in the village of Tohoy (Buryatia). He is the only son in the family. His father was the liquidator of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, his mother worked as an accountant. Dmitriy was fond of playing the guitar and martial arts. He received his law degree, but worked in other fields, in particular as a translator from the Chinese language.

Dmitriy's entire family began to take an interest in the Bible back in the 1990s. In early childhood, he gladly leafed through the children's Bible and prayed with the words of the prayer "Our Father". In his youth, due to his Christian beliefs, Dmitriy asked to replace military service with alternative civilian service in accordance with the law. His request was granted, and he worked as an orderly in a nursing home.

Dmitriy loves sports and tries to keep fit by playing football and training with weights. In 2012, he married Christine, a graphic designer by profession. This friendly family loves to travel, invite guests, and play board games. Together they study Chinese and English.

The criminal case against the believer was considered in court for more than a year. In June 2021, the court sentenced Dmitriy to 7 years in a penal colony for songs and prayers to Jehovah God. Just a month after the verdict was passed, Dmitriy's wife, Kristina, was prosecuted as a defendant in a similar criminal case and later sentenced to forced labor. In April 2025, Golik was released.

Case History

The FSB opened a criminal case in which Aleksey Berchuk and Dmitry Golik were convicted in the summer of 2018. This was preceded by covert video surveillance of the Golikov family and recording of meetings for worship of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk. Searches as part of the case affected 7 families of believers. Berchuk learned about the investigation against him only in January 2019, when he was detained at a Moscow airport and taken to Blagoveshchensk. The court of first instance announced the verdict in June 2021: Golik - seven years in prison, and Berchuk - eight years (a record cruel punishment at that time). Three months later, the appeal reduced Golik’s term of imprisonment by 10 months. In March of the following year, the court assigned Dmitriy Golik more lenient conditions of serving his sentence and transferred him to a penal colony, from where he was released on parole in April 2025.
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