The Case of Lubin in Shadrinsk

Case History

In July 2021, in Shadrinsk, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for faith against Aleksandr Lubin, an elderly man with a group II disability. His house was searched. The believer was sent to a pre-trial detention center for 1.5 months, despite the fact that he needed regular inpatient treatment and could hardly move. According to the doctors’ orders, Aleksandr had to use an oxygen cylinder for 16 hours a day, which was impossible in prison. In August 2021, after a request from the ECHR and human rights activists, the court released Aleksandr from the pre-trial detention center. Ilia Yershov was also a defendant in this case, but the materials against him were separated into separate proceedings. In June 2023, Lubin’s case went to court. During the trial, the prosecution interrogated witnesses who were over 80 years old. In October 2024, the court fined the believer 500 thousand rubles (the prosecutor asked for a 7-year suspended sentence). A month later, Aleksandr ended up in intensive care due to the deterioration of his condition and died.

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