Photo: Viktor Trofimov and Roman Markin

Photo: Viktor Trofimov and Roman Markin

Photo: Viktor Trofimov and Roman Markin

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Jehovah's Witness and extremist are mutually exclusive concepts." Speech by Roman Markin in the debate at his trial in Polyarny

Murmansk Region

Excerpts from the speech of Roman Markin in the debate are published in Russian. On January 15, 2020, he told the court about a campaign to discredit Jehovah’s Witnesses, misinterpretation of their activities, and the grounds on which Christians do what the authorities biasedly classify as extremism.

Case of Markin and Trofimov in Polyarny

Краткая история дела
Хронология

Фигуранты дела

Markin
Roman Маркин
Роман
Trofimov
Viktor Трофимов
Виктор

Сводка по делу

Номер уголовного дела:
11802470006000031
В чем подозревается:
according to the investigation he together with others conducted religious services, which is interpreted as “organising 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)
Регион:
Murmansk Region
Номер дела в суде:
1-23/2019
Расследует:
Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Murmansk Region
Населенный пункт:
Polyarny
Текущая стадия дела:
приговор вступил в силу
Возбуждено:
12 April 2018