Khabarovsk Industrial District Court Hears the Case of Six Believers

18 December 2019
Khabarovsk Territory

In Khabarovsk, court hearings are under way in the case of Polevodov and others. A friendly party in a local cafe on November 10, 2018, became an occasion to blame six believers for extremism at once. On the dock are Nikolay Polevodov, Stanislav Kim, Vitaliy and Tatyana Zhuk, Svetlana Sedova and 70-year-old Maya Karpushkina.

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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

Maya Karpushkina

Stanislav Kim

Nikolay Polevodov

Svetlana Sedova

Tatyana Zhuk

Vitaliy Zhuk

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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Read more: Jehovah's Witnesses Under the Yoke of Repression: Results of 2019