E. A. Sizov, senior investigator of the Investigative Committee for the central district of Kostroma, initiates a criminal case under Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation against Dmitry Terebilov, who is being held in correctional colony No. 1 in the Kostroma region.
The decision to institute criminal proceedings states that a believer serving time in a strict regime colony for his beliefs, "while in the above-mentioned institution, involved the convicts ... into the activities of an extremist organization." This is how the investigator interpreted the fact that Dmitriy answered questions from a cellmate about the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses.
It becomes known that the prisoner, who pretended to be interested in the Bible, is cooperating with the investigation. A confrontation is held between him and Terebilov.
It also turns out that a psychiatric and psychological-linguistic examination was carried out in the case, and it is also planned to conduct another one - religious and cultural studies. The psychiatric examination includes the testimony of a witness with whom, according to Terebilov, he is not familiar.
The investigator summons Dmitry for questioning as a suspect. The investigation is trying to find out whether the voice on the audio recordings obtained during the operational-search activities belongs to him. The believer refuses to testify. The investigator presents Terebilov with a decision on the appointment of a forensic historical and religious examination.
The investigator continues to interrogate Dmitry Terebilov and charges him under Article 282.2 (1.1) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. He presents the conclusion of a historical and religious examination, in which an expert - a historian and a teacher by profession - makes a conclusion not of a specialized, but of a legal nature and states that Terebilov involved others in the activities of a banned extremist organization. The defence is requesting the disqualification of the expert.
During the interrogation, the investigator presents Terebilov with letters, notebooks, photographs, postcards, which were previously seized from the believer without his personal presence in order to find out whether these are his belongings.
Terebilov's second case goes to the Sverdlovsk District Court of Kostroma, which considered the first case against the believer. This time the judge is Dmitry Gorokhov.