The case of Samoilova and Others in Rybinsk
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July 11, 2022
D. S. Kovalenko, an investigator of the Rybinsk Interdistrict Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Yaroslavl Region, initiates a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code against Evgenia Samoilova and Olga Golovacheva.
On the same day, the investigator draws up a petition to search the house of another local believer, who is also suspected of participating in extremist activities.
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July 13, 2022
In the morning in Rybinsk, with the participation of officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Guard and the FSB, searches are carried out at 16 addresses where Jehovah's Witnesses live. Several believers are taken to the building of the local lyceum for interrogation.