Case of Shchepin and Others in Kirov

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26 March 2019

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13 December 2019

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30 December 2019

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Region:

Kirov Region

Locality:

Kirov

Case number:

11902330022000027

Number of the case in court:

1-372/2020

Current stage:

trial in court of first instance

Suspected of:

according to the investigation, together with others he conducted religious services, which is interpreted as organising and participating in the activity of an extremist organisation (with reference to the decision of the Russian Supreme Court on the liquidation of all 396 registered organisations of Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Article of the Russian Criminal Code:

282.2 (1), 282.3 (1)

Investigating:

Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kirov Region

Case initiated:

26 March 2019