In Kursk at the end of October, 7 searches took place. Earlier, three believers ended up in the pre-trial detention center

On October 24 and 31, 2019, in Kursk, law enforcement officers invaded a total of seven houses of believers with searches. In three cases, the victims were older women, and in one case, the search was carried out in front of a young child.

On October 31, law enforcement officers raided the homes of three women, and Inna Belousova was taken from her workplace, and Irina Shchepelina did not have time to get to work. During the search, Galina Shapareva's house was her son, a hearing impaired, whose smartphone was broken by the security forces. The same thing happened at Inna Belousova's house - her son tried to record what was happening, which is why the security forces broke his camera. Galina Shapareva, who suffers from hypertension, was kept all day without food. All three women experienced severe stress.

During the searches, law enforcement officers seized personal notes, Bibles in various translations and equipment. In two out of three cases, law enforcement officers explicitly stated that they were only interested in electronic devices and printed publications. Criminal prosecution of believers is handled by the investigative department of the FSB Directorate for the Kursk region.

Mass searches of residents of Kursk have been frequent since October 16, when the spouses Bagratyan and Andrei Andreev were arrested .