Marunov Anatoliy

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, 302 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
Term of imprisonment: until July 2028
Currently held in: Correctional Colony No. 3 of the Tambov Region

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 a 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, Anatoly met Alfiya, 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 more than 10 years as a tutor in Russian language and literature. Alfiya 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.

Alfiya has always been interested in religion, and by 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 couple. Relatives are perplexed about the charges brought against Anatoliy. As far as they can, they support the Marunovs emotionally and financially.

Elderly Health risk

Case History

In October 2021, the Investigative Committee conducted at least 8 searches in different districts of Moscow and the Moscow region. Anatoliy Marunov, Sergey Tolokonnikov and Roman Mareev were detained and sent to the temporary detention facility. Later, Mareyev and Tolokonnikov were placed in a pre-trial detention center, and Marunov was placed under house arrest. A criminal case was opened against them under an extremist article. In June 2022, the case went to court. The charges were based on notes made by an FSB agent depicting an interest in the Bible. In July 2023, the defendants were sentenced: labor veteran Marunov - 6.5 years, Tolokonnikov - 5 years, and Mareev - 4.5 years in a general regime colony. A year later, the court of appeal toughened Tolokonnikov’s punishment, adding 2 months to his term. In October 2024, Roman Mareev was released, and in June 2025, Sergey Tolokonnikov was released. In July of the same year, the court rejected the lawyer’s petition for mitigation of punishment for seriously ill Anatoly Marunov.
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