Mikhail Tuaev, senior investigator of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, initiates a criminal case against 26-year-old Sabina Albegova for participating in meetings for worship.
A search is underway in the apartment of the parents of Sabina Albegova's husband.
During the interrogation, psychological pressure is exerted on Sabina for her to admit being guilty.
The Sovetskiy District Court of Vladikavkaz imposes a preventive measure on Sabina Albegova — pretrial detention. A large number of people gather near the building. When the believer is taken out of court, those present support her by applauding.
Sabina Albegova is being held in a cell with another woman. There are no insects or rats. Sabina goes for walks. She can take a shower twice a week. The staff in the pretrial detention center treat the believer politely and tactfully. Many are perplexed as to why she is in detention.
Sabina's husband took her a Bible, which she has not yet received. The believer has received several letters from friends.
Sabina shares the cell with two women and they have a good relationship. The cell is light and warm. For 5 days, the believer was not taken for walks. The yard is an area covered with slate, so the sky is not visible, and air enters only through the cracks.
The criminal case is submitted to the Sovetskiy District Court of Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. It will be considered by Judge German Pliyev.
Sabina Albegova has a Bible in Russian and Ossetian. She receives many letters.
At the end of January, Sabina had a visit from her husband, and her sister also visited. Prisoners are taken out for walks every day. The believer buys food in the store of the detention center and also receives parcels.
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Alanya is undergoing an court of appeal on the restriction measure.
The court recognizes the decision of the district court to extend the detention as illegal, since it did not take into account the requirements of the Plenum of the Supreme Court and did not examine part of the procedural documents. The appeal sends the issue of the believer's detention for reconsideration.
There is a support group of 25 people in the courtroom, another 20 people are waiting outside.
The hearing is held behind closed doors, but more than 50 people gather outside the courthouse, who have come to support the believer. Some bring flowers, hoping for a mitigation of the restriction measure. When the paddy wagon enters the territory, people greet Sabina with thunderous applause - and see her off in the same way when she is taken to the pre-trial detention center again after the hearing.
About 200 people come to the courthouse to support the believer. The Sovetskiy District Court of Vladikavkaz transfers Sabina Albegova from pretrial detention to house arrest. This decision is greeted by those present on the street with thunderous applause and joyful exclamations.