The case of Ogoreva in Mednogorskiy

Case History

The Ogorev family from the village of Mednogorsky faced a search of their home in November 2021, when Svetlana and her mother were witnesses in the case of Aleksey Pasynkov. Two years later, the law enforcement officers again came to search their home. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Svetlana. The investigator considered texting friends about the Holy Scriptures, performing religious songs and prayers to Jehovah God as extremism. The case went to court in July 2024 but was soon returned to the prosecutor to eliminate the shortcomings.

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    Case initiated Art. 282.2 (2)

    Senior investigator V. A. Boranukov initiates a criminal case against Svetlana Ogoreva, who was previously a witness in the case against Alexei Pasynkov. The investigator considers communication through instant messengers with fellow believers, participation in worship services using the Internet and discussion of quotes from the Bible to be signs of a "crime".

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    Search Interrogation Health risk

    Investigator V. A. Boranukov, accompanied by the head of the CPE, Azat Dzhamturiev, comes to Svetlana Ogoreva and her mother with a search. Women call the district police officer, in which the search takes place in a more relaxed atmosphere. However, Svetlana's mother becomes ill, she calls an ambulance. During the 4-hour search, law enforcement officers seized Bibles, electronic devices and personal records. On the same day, Svetlana is interrogated.

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    Case initiated Art. 282.2 (2) Recognizance agreement

    Lieutenant Anuar Khasanov, an investigator of the Zelenchuk Interdistrict Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, brings Svetlana Ogoreva as an accused.

    According to the investigation, Svetlana "took part in the activities of a religious association," and also "by means of remote communication (the Internet) maintained contacts with persons professing the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses in order to participate in divine services and study the Holy Scriptures with reading and discussing quotations from the Bible."

    Svetlana is chosen a preventive measure in the form of a recognizance not to leave.

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    Case went to court

    The case is submitted to the Urup District Court of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic for consideration by Judge Galina Evsegneeva.

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    Hearing in a court of the first instance Return of the case to prosecutor

    During the hearing, the judge draws attention to the absence of the signature of the investigating authority in the indictment. In this regard, the case is returned to the prosecutor.

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