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August 16, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The case of Shurygin in Chelyabinsk

10 listeners are allowed into the meeting room. The defense files a motion to return the criminal case to the prosecutor. The court dismisses it. The prosecutor reads out the indictment.

August 15, 2024

Apology from the prosecutor’s office

The Case of Gushchin in Mayskiy

The Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, represented by the Acting District Prosecutor A.G. Antyshev, makes an official apology to Kirill Gushchin in connection with the unjustified criminal prosecution under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.…

August 14, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Voronchikhin and Others in Simferopol

Witnesses for the prosecution are being interrogated - law enforcement officers Yatsenko and Latyshev. Yatsenko tells the court about the operational-search measures against Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea, carried out since 2017 together with the FSB: wiretapping of believers' telephone…

August 13, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Okhapkin in Kineshma

Andrey Okhapkin makes his last speech.

August 13, 2024

Search

The case of Tatiana Pasynkova in Mednogorsk

The Urup District Court recognizes the search of Tatyana Pasynkova's house as lawful.

August 9, 2024

Search

The case of Pasynkov in Mednogorsky

The FSB searches Aleksey's house, this time in a case against his wife, Yulia. On the same day, a search is carried out at the home of his mother, against whom a criminal case has also been opened.

August 8, 2024

Case initiated

The Case of Anufriev and Others in Kstovo

The criminal case against the six believers is being transferred to the investigative unit of the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The investigation team is headed by the deputy head of the department,…

August 7, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Isakov and Minsafin in Kurgan

In his final statement, Anatoly Isakov says: "Your Honor, how can high-ranking people, for example, the president, members of the Council of Europe, representatives of the UN or you, learn about God? Only the situation with the persecution of believers will create such conditions. And now here I am…

August 1, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The case of Kuzhelkov and Prokhorov in Kirsanov

A religious study by Y. Y. Aseeva is re-read in court. The defense again draws attention to the fact that at the time of the examination, Aseyeva did not have the appropriate education. At the request of the lawyer, the testimony of religious scholar Sergei Ivanenko, which he gave in 2022, is read…

July 31, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The case of Kabanov in Zelenogorsk

They are interrogating an FSB officer who participated in operational-search activities, as well as a witness who says that in 2019 or 2020 he communicated with believers on spiritual topics. The state prosecutor selectively reads out the case file.

July 30, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Sokolov and Others in Voronezh

At the request of the defense, the former chairman of the local religious organization (LRO) of Jehovah's Witnesses in Voronezh is being interrogated. The witness states that none of the defendants has ever been a member of the LRO. He explains the difference between the religious activity of…

July 30, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Kononenko and Others in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur

The defendants make their final statements.

July 29, 2024

House arrest

The case of Klokov in Barnaul

The prosecutor does not agree with the change in the measure of restraint for Valery Klokov and will appeal the court's decision. For the time being, the previous restrictions - house arrest - remain in force.

July 29, 2024

Life in prison

Zinich's case in Krasnoyarsk

Yevgeniy Zinich is kept in solitary confinement with a stricter regime (PKT), periodically he is placed in a punishment cell, where he has spent a total of more than 100 days. Recently, another prisoner was put in his cell for 3 months. Yevgeniy tries to take care of his health, regularly goes for…

July 26, 2024

Release from penal colony

The Case of Meleshko in Kholmskaya

At the request of the correctional colony, judge Nadezhda Kuchukova imposed administrative supervision on Vasiliy Meleshko. In addition to the restrictions imposed earlier, the believer is forbidden to leave the Abinsk district without the permission of the internal affairs bodies. In addition, the…

July 25, 2024

Case dismissed

The case of Samoilova and Others in Rybinsk

A. Grigoriev, investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region, terminates the case against the believers and withdraws their recognizance not to leave. The ruling states: "The…

July 23, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Popova in Cherkessk

The judge extends the preventive measure for Rimma Popova, despite the lawyer's petition to replace the ban on certain actions with a recognizance agreement.

July 23, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The case of Shiyan and Matveyeva in Lesosibirsk

Andrey Shiyan and Anna Matveeva express their attitude to the charges brought against them: they do not consider themselves guilty. Andrey Shiyan claims that the investigator substituted concepts and called the usual confession of faith extremist activity. He goes on to say: "I am wrongly accused of…

July 23, 2024

Case initiated

The case of Yuliya Pasynkova in Mednogorskiy

Senior Lieutenant of Justice A. A. Khasanov, investigator of the Zelenchuksky Interdistrict Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, initiates a criminal case against Yulia Pasynkova under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the…

July 22, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Ignatov in Oryol

"I am happy that I am suffering, not for a crime, but for worshiping God." Dmitry Ignatov makes his final statement.

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