Name: Shut Lyudmila Aleksandrovna
Date of Birth: November 22, 1947
Current status: main sentence served
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (2)
Sentence: punishment in the form of 4 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to participation in public organizations for a period of 4 years and with restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year; The sentence of imprisonment shall be considered suspended with a probationary period of 3 years
Died during prosecution

Biography

In Primorye Territory, law enforcement officers continue to persecute peaceful believers and open criminal cases against them. Since March 2020, Lyudmila Shut, a pensioner from the village of Razdolnoye, has been under recognizance not to leave. What do we know about her?

Lyudmila was born on Sakhalin, in the city of Makarov in 1947. Her father died when she was 1.5 years old. She has 3 younger sisters and a brother. As a child, she was fond of skiing, liked to ride horses.

From an early age, she helped her mother do the housework, as she was the eldest of the children. She worked as a turner, milkmaid, foreman of a tractor and field brigade, was in charge of a warehouse and even was a manager of a state farm.

She got acquainted with the Bible in the early 2000s. She was strongly impressed by the prophecies that had already been fulfilled. But they were especially affected by God's promises about the future. Lyudmila was convinced that the God spoken of in the Bible is the only true one who can be relied upon.

Lyudmila was widowed 17 years ago. There are 3 children and 3 grandchildren. He has a II disability group and cannot move without assistance. He devotes a lot of time to reading the Bible and meditating on it.

Because of the criminal prosecution, Lyudmila experienced severe stress. And he undermined not only emotional health, but also physical. I had to call an ambulance repeatedly, especially after visits to the investigative committee. All chronic diseases worsened, and after the indictment, the woman could not sleep at night for almost 2 weeks. The youngest daughter and son are aware of what is happening. Although they do not share the mother's religious views, they support her and help her.

Case History

In February 2020, the Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case against Lyudmila Shut, a disabled person of group II from the village of Razdolnoye in the Primorskiy Territory. The believer, then 72, was charged with extremism. During the hearings in court, witnesses confirmed that they had never heard extremist statements from the defendant. After five months of proceedings in the case, the judge was changed, and the believer was forced to go through all stages of the trial anew. In May 2021, Lyudmila was sentenced to four years suspended. The appeal left the punishment unchanged. In August 2025, at the age of 77, the believer died in an accident.
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