Name: Golovacheva Olga Vladimirovna
Date of Birth: November 20, 1976
Current status: charges withdrawn
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (2)

Biography

In the Yaroslavl region in July 2022, another criminal case was initiated against peaceful believers — Olga Golovacheva and her mother Yevgenya Samoilova, a disabled person of group III.

Olga was born in November 1976 in Rybinsk (Yaroslavl region). As a child, she was fond of music and attended piano classes. After school, she graduated from the Rybinsk Aviation College with a degree in Tool Production. She worked in the food industry, then at a flour mill. Olga loves to walk in nature, visits the pool.

In 1995, Olga got married. The couple had two children. Now my daughter is an adult, my son is in school.

In 2008, Olga's relative told her about the Bible and aroused her interest in this ancient book. Studying the Holy Scriptures, the believer found answers to many questions that concern her. Mom joined Olga in a Bible study and in 2014 together they decided to embark on the Christian path.

The criminal prosecution for her faith came as a complete surprise to Olga and her entire family. She worries about her children and elderly mother. Her husband does not share her religious views, but he wonders why this happens.

Case History

On July 13, 2022, Rybinsk security forces searched 16 houses of city residents. Two days earlier, the investigator of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region, D. Kovalenko, opened a criminal case against 66-year-old Yevgeniya Samoylova and 45-year-old Olga Golovacheva on suspicion of participating in extremist activities. This is how the investigation interprets the participation of women in peaceful worship services via the Internet. In March 2024, the case against the believers was closed due to the lack of evidence of a crime.
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