Trial on Merits of Religion of Two Kemerovo Region Citizens Begins. Hearings Scheduled for August-September

19 August 2019

Kemerovo Region

Photo: Sergey Britvin and Vadim Levchuk in the court room

In the town of Beryozovsky (Kemerovo region), hearings began on the criminal case over the merits of the religion of Sergey Britvin and Vadim Levchuk. Both of them have been in jail for more than a year. The next meetings are scheduled for August 20 and 21, September 3, 4, 17 and 18, 2019. Read the hearing details in the process chronicle (in Russian).

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Case of Levchuk and Britvin in Beryozovsky

Region:

Kemerovo Region

Locality:

Beryozovsky

Case number:

11807320001000380

Number of the case in court:

1-139/2019

Current stage:

trial in court of first instance

Suspected of:

according to the investigation he participated in religious services, which is interpreted as participation in the activity of an extremist organisation (with reference to the decision of the Russian Supreme Court on the liquidation of all 396 registered organisations of Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Investigating:

Investigative Department of the Directorate of the FSB of Russia for the Kemerovo Region

Case initiated:

19 July 2018

Суд:

Берёзовский городской суд Кемеровской области

`Persons in the case`

Sergey Britvin Сергей Бритвин

Vadim Levchuk Вадим Левчук

`Timeline`

19.07.2018	Следователь следственного отдела УФСБ России по Кемеровской области старший лейтенант юстиции Е. Суспицын, рассмотрев сообщение о преступлении, постановляет возбудить уголовное дело по ч. 2. ст. 282.2 УК РФ.
20.07.2018	Судья Центрального районного суда Кемерово Ирина Иванова выносит постановление о разрешении производства обыска у Левчука.
22.07.2018	У Сергея Бритвина произведен обыск, он доставлен в СИЗО. Вадим Левчук задержан и доставлен к себе домой. У него произведен обыск. Составлен протокол обыска.

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