Searches and New Arrests in Khabarovsk After Friendly Gathering Disrupted

13 November 2018

Photo: Raid on Witnesses, 2016

On 12 November 2018, the court put Vitaliy Zhuk, Nikolay Polevodov and Stanislav Kim behind bars on suspicion of worshipping Jehovah God. The arrests were preceded by an operation to catch Witnesses at a gathering in a cafe.

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Case of Polevodov and Others in Khabarovsk

Region:

Khabarovsk Territory

Locality:

Khabarovsk

Case number:

11802080002000049

Number of the case in court:

1-18/2020 (1-553/2019)

Current stage:

trial in court of first instance

Suspected of:

according to the investigation they organised the activity of the religious organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the city of Khabarovsk (with reference to the decision of the Russian Supreme Court on the liquidation of all 396 registered organisations of Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Article of the Russian Criminal Code:

282.2 (1), 282.2 (2), 282.1 (2), 282.1 (1)

Investigating:

Investigative Department of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Khabarovsk Territory

Case initiated:

10 November 2018

Persons in the case

Timeline

10.11.2018	Возбуждено уголовное дело против 6 жителей Хабаровска.
12.11.2018	Николай Полеводов, Станислав Ким и Виталий Жук отправлены в СИЗО.
29.01.2019	Станислав Ким последним покидает СИЗО, и теперь все обвиняемые по делу находятся на свободе с более мягкими мерами пресечения.

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