Criminal Investigation and Trial

In Kaluga, the second believer, Roman Makhnev, left the pre-trial detention center

Kaluga Region

On December 25, 2019, Olga Alabugina, judge of the Kaluga District Court, softened the measure of restraint for Roman Makhnev, who had previously been subjected to inhuman treatment in the FSB building in Kaluga. He spent exactly six months behind bars. A day earlier, a similar decision was made in relation to Dmitry Kuzin.

While Roman Makhnev was in custody in a pre-trial detention center, his family faced a number of misfortunes. His father died. His mother's house burned down. Due to unfair criminal prosecution, he could not be with his family during this difficult period. All this time, the fellow believers supported the family as best they could.

Earlier, Kuzin and Makhnev declared the violation of their rights in an open letter to the governor of the Kaluga region, Anatoly Artamonov. Dmitry Kuzin's wife and his lawyers also appealed to the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Kaluga Region, Yury Zelnikov, the Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova, and the former Chairman of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, Mikhail Fedotov.

Additional details of the criminal prosecution of Kaluga believers are given in the 5-minute video "I managed to tell my dad in my ear that I was proud of his steadfastness." The life of believers in Kaluga was divided into before and after."

Case of Makhnev and Kuzin in Kaluga

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Persons in case

Criminal case

Region:
Kaluga Region
Locality:
Kaluga
Suspected of:
According to the investigation they took active organizational measures, expressed in the unification of followers of the world organization of Jehovah's Witnesses living in the city of Kaluga and the Kaluga Region, under one leadership; convening meetings in living quarters located in the territory of the city of Kaluga and the Kaluga region; organizing religious performances and services at these meetings; carrying out preaching activity
Court case number:
11907290001000019
Initiated:
June 26, 2019
Current case stage:
Preliminary investigation
Investigating:
Investigation Department of FSSD of Russia for Kaluga Region
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation:
282.2 (1)
Case History