The FSB conducts covert operational-search measures against Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Anadyr. Security officers are trying to recruit people who are interested in the Bible to secretly make audio recordings of meetings with Jehovah's Witnesses.
Vladimir Tsarapkin, investigator of the FSB Directorate for the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, initiates a criminal case under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code against Sergey Romanov, Aleksey Volkov, Yuri Yumashev and Aleksandr Loshkarev. The decree states that "from 20.04.2017 ... acting jointly and in concert, [the four believers] by organizing and conducting religious meetings, carrying out missionary and preaching activities... the activities of the unregistered religious group "Jehovah's Witnesses in Anadyr" organized the activities of the unregistered religious group "Jehovah's Witnesses in Anadyr" on the territory of the city of Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug."
According to the resolution, the basis for initiating a criminal case were two expert opinions dated October 19, 2022 and May 3, 2023. One of them claims that the believers allegedly promoted the exclusivity and superiority of the Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrine.
The investigation separates the case against Aleksey Volkov, Yuri Yumashev and Aleksandr Loshkarev into a separate proceeding. Now they are accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization and being involved in it.