Case of Muravyov in Saint Petersburg

Case History

In April 2024, searches were carried out in St. Petersburg in Igor Muravyov’s apartment. Four months earlier, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Igor Muravyov under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization for holding talks on biblical topics. Immediately after the search, Igor was detained and placed in custody. In August 2024, the believer was charged under Articles 282.2 (1.1) and 282.2 (2) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In September, the case went to court.
Timeline

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    2022–2023 Tapping and hidden surveillance

    The man communicates with Igor Muravyov and other believers on biblical topics via video conferencing, recording their conversations on video.

    He then hands over the discs with the recordings of the conversations to the FSB.

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    December 7, 2023 Case initiated Art. 282.2 (1.1)

    A criminal case is opened against Igor Muravyov.

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    February 6, 2024 Case initiated Art. 282.2 (2)

    The investigator initiates a second criminal case against Igor Muravyov, this time under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and merges it with the first.

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    April 2, 2024 Search Detention center

    In St. Petersburg, Igor Muravyov's house is searched, he is detained.

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    April 5, 2024 Detention center Health risk

    60-year-old Igor Muravyov is chosen as a restriction measure - detention. The believer is placed in the Kresty pre-trial detention center in St. Petersburg.

    Igor's state of health is bad. He is not given any medication and is not provided with the dietary food he needs. The application to the medical unit for assistance has not yet been answered.

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    August 26, 2024 Detention center Elderly Art. 282.2 (2) Art. 282.2 (1.1)
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    September 16, 2024 Case went to court

    The case goes to the Kalininskiy District Court of St. Petersburg. It will be considered by judge Dmitry Sivenkov.