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)

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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Khabarovsk Industrial District Court Hears the Case of Six Believers

Case of Polevodov and Others in Khabarovsk

`Persons in the case`

Maya Karpushkina Майя Карпушкина

Stanislav Kim Станислав Ким

Nikolay Polevodov Николай Полеводов

Svetlana Sedova Светлана Седова

Tatyana Zhuk Татьяна Жук

Vitaliy Zhuk Виталий Жук

`Timeline`