Biography
On May 7, 2019, a criminal case was opened in Arkhangelsk against 78-year-old Kaleria Mamykina. The investigating authorities have been spying on her for more than a year and have established "corpus delicti" - talking about religion with friends. What do we know about her?
Kaleria Fedorovna was born in 1941 in the village of Devyatyn, Vologda Region, in a family of rural workers. Her mother worked on a collective farm, her father was a blacksmith. The family had 8 children, of which Karelia was the only daughter. To date, none of her brothers are no longer alive.
After graduating from school, Kaleria entered the Trade and Economic College of Petrozavodsk, after which she worked as a chief accountant. For some time she lived in Petrozavodsk and Belomorsk (Karelia). Now retired, he likes to take care of plants and flowers, breeds chickens and sheep. He tries to lead an active lifestyle, walks and walks a lot, reads books, travels to other cities. More than five years ago, she was convinced of the truthfulness and practicality of the Bible, sacredly honors its commandments.
Case History
The criminal prosecution of Yevgeniy Yakku, an exemplary family man from Arkhangelsk, began in February 2019 - his house was searched, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against him. The believer was left without work, his accounts were blocked, cars were arrested. In May, after a year of surveillance of Kaleria Mamykina, a case was opened against her, the “corpus delicti” of which was talking about religion with friends at her home. After 7 months, the charges against her were dropped, in June 2021, without waiting for the restoration of her good name, Kaleria died of covid. Yakku’s case went to court in February 2020. The investigator accused Yevgeniy of allegedly continuing the activities of the LRO of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Arkhangelsk, which was not recognized as extremist. The believer sent complaints to the ECHR, and his wife to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The answer
confirmed that Jehovah’s Witnesses have the right to practice their religion in groups. Despite this, in July 2021, the court sentenced the believer to a fine of 780,000 rubles. The Court of Appeal and Cassation upheld this decision.
