New Searches and Interrogations of Peaceful Christians in Novosibirsk

6 August 2019

Novosibirsk Region

Фото: обыск у Свидетелей Иеговы в Мордовии (2019)

On the morning of July 29, 2019, in Novosibirsk, another wave of police raids targeted apartments of believers. The new subjects were Igor Muravyov, Anton Shakhmatov, Oleg Epifanov, Sergey Kozlyuk, and Aleksandr Serikov. Investigators suspect them of professing the faith of Jehovah's Witnesses. Their personal belongings were seized.

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Case of Savelyev in Novosibirsk

Region:

Novosibirsk Region

Locality:

Novosibirsk

Case number:

11802500019000098

Number of the case in court:

1-820/2019

Current stage:

trial in court of first instance

Suspected of:

according to the investigation he unlawfully organised the activity of the religious organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the city of Novosibirsk (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)

Investigating:

Investigative Department of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Novosibirsk Region

Case initiated:

7 November 2018

`Persons in the case`

`Yuriy` `Savelyev`

`Timeline`

Июль 2017 — сентябрь 2018	Следствие приходит к выводу, что Юрий Савельев решил вновь организовать деятельность ликвидированной МРО в Новосибирске.
04.08.2018	В квартире Савельева проводится скрытое видеонаблюдение в попытке зафиксировать отправление им религии Свидетелей Иеговы.
07.11.2018	Следователь СУ СК РФ по Новосибирской области Брюзгин А. Н. возбуждает в отношении Юрия Савельева и других неустановленных лиц уголовное дело по ч. 1 ст. 282.2 УК РФ.

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Case of Savelyev in Novosibirsk

Persons in the case

Yuriy Savelyev

Timeline

`Persons in the case`

`Yuriy` `Savelyev`

`Timeline`