Criminal Case Against Witnesses From Vladivostok Sent Back to the Prosecutor - News

15 November 2019

Photo: Valentin Osadchuk, Raisa Usanova, Lyubov Galaktionova, Yelena Zayshchuk, Nailya Kogay, Nadezhda Anoykina, Nina Purge

On November 12, 2019, the Leninsky District Court of Vladivostok, chaired by Judge Anton Sklizkov, returned the case naming Valentin Osadchuk to the prosecutor. The defendants in this case are also six women, the oldest of whom is 85 years old.

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Case of Osadchuk and Others in Vladivostok

Region:

Primorye Territory

Locality:

Vladivostok

Case number:

11807050001000038

Number of the case in court:

1-414/2019

Current stage:

trial in court of first instance

Suspected of:

according to the investigation he participated in religious services, which is interpreted as participating 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)

Article of the Russian Criminal Code:

282.2 (1), 282.2 (2)

Investigating:

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

Case initiated:

9 April 2018

Persons in the case

Timeline

09.04.2018	Следственный отдел УФСБ России по Приморскому краю возбуждает уголовное дело об экстремизме. Один из фигурантов — Валентин Осадчук.
19.04.2018	В рамках уголовного дела во Владивостоке проходит серия обысков, во время которых сотрудники ФСБ допрашивают 83-летнюю Елену Зайщук, 66-летнюю Наилю Когай и 42-летнего Валентина Осадчука. С пожилых женщин правоохранители берут подписку о невыезде, а Осадчук задержан на 48 часов.
21.04.2018	Фрунзенский районный суд Владивостока продлевает срок задержания Валентина Осадчука еще на 72 часа.

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