In the Stavropol Territory, a Series of Searches in the Homes and Worship Buildings of Jehovah's Witnesses

On the morning of September 20, 2016, masked law enforcement officers conducted a series of searches in worship buildings and private homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in the village of Nezlobnaya and the city of Pyatigorsk. In Nezlobnaya, the police, sawing down the front doors, invaded the worship building, which can accommodate up to 2,350 believers. Not allowing representatives of the community, law enforcement officers "found" banned books in the building. Believers are convinced that the books have been planted. A search was also conducted in the house of the chairman of the local religious organization, P. Puzyrev, and his parents.

On the same day, a search was conducted in a worship building in Pyatigorsk at 86 Naberezhnaya Street, during which nothing prohibited was found in the building.