A total of 395 applications filed with the Supreme Court from local organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses to intervene in the case

All 395 local religious organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, which the Ministry of Justice intended to ban behind their backs, filed applications with the Supreme Court to join the case as co-defendants.

Under the current legislation, all local religious organizations are separate legal entities, with separate property, which are not structural subdivisions, branches or representative offices of each other. With the "Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia" they are united only by unity in doctrine and internal canonical relations.

The vast majority of these organizations have never been accused of violating the law. They wonder why the Ministry of Justice demands their liquidation, prohibition and recognition as "extremist", especially behind their backs. They are especially concerned about the fact that after the liquidation of organizations, believers find themselves in the position of dangerous criminals, "extremists" who can be prosecuted only for reading the Bible together, as shown by the criminal "Case of Sixteen" in Taganrog.