New Criminal Case for Faith and Searches in Sakhalin

29 October 2019

Архивное фото: обыск у Свидетелей Иеговы в Мордовии (2019)

On October 24, 2019, in Nevelsk (Sakhalin), searches were conducted at the residences of Vyacheslav Ivanov, 49, and Dmitry Kulakov, 22. This is the second criminal case for faith in the town.

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Case of Ivanov and Kulakov in Nevelsk

Region:

Sakhalin Region

Locality:

Nevelsk

Case number:

11901640016000206

Current stage:

preliminary investigation (pre-trial proceedings)

Suspected of:

According to the investigation “they having conspired prior ... had conversations with the residents of this house, trying to impose on them the ideas preached by a religious association liquidated by court order in connection with extremist activities”

Article of the Russian Criminal Code:

282.2 (2)

Investigating:

Investigation Department of DMIA of Russia for Nevelsk Urban District

Case initiated:

29 August 2019

Persons in the case

Dmitriy Kulakov

Vyacheslav Ivanov

Timeline

29.08.2019	СО ОМВД России по Невельскому городскому округу возбуждает уголовное дело за веру по ст. 282.2 (2) в отношении Вячеслава Иванова и Дмитрия Кулакова. По версии следствия, «по предварительному сговору… проводили беседы с жителями... дома, пытаясь навязывать им идеи, которые проповедовало ликвидированное по решению суда религиозное объединение в связи с осуществлением экстремистской деятельности».

29.08.2019

СО ОМВД России по Невельскому городскому округу возбуждает уголовное дело за веру по ст. 282.2 (2) в отношении Вячеслава Иванова и Дмитрия Кулакова. По версии следствия, «по предварительному сговору… проводили беседы с жителями... дома, пытаясь навязывать им идеи, которые проповедовало ликвидированное по решению суда религиозное объединение в связи с осуществлением экстремистской деятельности».

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