[{"body":"Investigator Grankov requests the Dzhankoy District Court place Aleksandr Ursu under house arrest.\nThe lawyer requests a more lenient preventive measure — a ban on certain actions. He explains that Ursu's wife has serious health problems and Aleksandr is responsibile for all household issues.\nThe court agrees with the position of the defense. Aleksandr is forbidden to leave his apartment in the period from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. the next day, to leave Dzhankoy, to use communications and the Internet. The elderly believer is fitted with a tracking bracelet.\nOn the same day, Aleksandr was summoned for interrogation to the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The believer spends about 8 hours there.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Aleksandr Ursu in Dzhankoy","date":"2026-04-29T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/dzhankoy3/index.html#20260429","regions":["crimea"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","ankle-tag","interrogation","elderly"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Kansk City Court Artyom Soldatikhin releases Andrey Sorokin from house arrest and places him under a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Sorokin and Others in Kansk","date":"2026-03-19T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kansk/index.html#20260319","regions":["krasnoyarsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Ordzhonikidze District Court of Ufa imposes a ban of certain actions as a preventive measure on Bastaev, Gubeev, Gareeva and Dzhavadova.\nThe court sends the Tazyrovs to pretrial detention center No. 1 in the Republic of Bashkortostan.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Tazyrov and Others in Ufa","date":"2026-02-13T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ufa2/index.html#20260213","regions":["bashkortostan"],"tags":["sizo","prohibition-of-actions","elderly"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On February 11, 2026, searches were carried out at nine addresses in Ufa. Law enforcement officers detained and interrogated 17 people, 2 of whom remain in custody.\nImmediately after the raid, five individuals were taken to a temporary detention facility. Two days later, the court imposed a ban on certain actions on Andrey Gubeev, Sergey Bastaev and Mariya Gareeva, while sending the couple Ruslan and Roza Tazyrov to a pretrial detention center.\nThe searches were initiated by Major of Justice V. Kharrasov, investigator of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Bashkortostan. Earlier, on February 3, 2026, he had initiated a criminal case under Article 282.2(1) and (2) of the RF CrC.\n","category":"siloviki","date":"2026-02-11T00:00:00Z","duration":null,"image":{"svg":"/img/news/search.svg"},"permalink":"/en/news/2026/02/171410.html","regions":["bashkortostan"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["search","sizo","interrogation","prohibition-of-actions","new-case","282.2-1","282.2-2"],"title":"Series of Raids on Jehovah's Witnesses in Ufa: Married Couple Sent to Pretrial Detention Center","type":"news"},{"body":"The court prohibits the believer from changing her place of residence, communicating with witnesses in the case, using communications and the Internet.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Moroz in Simferopol","date":"2026-02-06T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/simferopol6/index.html#20260206","regions":["crimea"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court changes the preventive measure for Dmitriy Mladov. Now he is at the place of registration and is under a ban of certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Mladov and Inkina in Dubna","date":"2025-12-24T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/dubna/index.html#20251224","regions":["moscow_obl"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge Sergey Mukhortov lifts some of the restrictions from 72-year-old Galina Inkina - to leave the house after 22:00 and attend public events. She is still prohibited from communicating with witnesses and suspects in the case, as well as using communications and the Internet.\nSince wearing a tracking bracelet is not required to comply with the current restrictions, it is expected that the Federal Penitentiary Service will remove it in the near future.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Mladov and Inkina in Dubna","date":"2025-12-17T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/dubna/index.html#20251217","regions":["moscow_obl"],"tags":["ankle-tag","prohibition-of-actions","elderly"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Kansk City Court Svetlana Kalmbakh chooses a restriction measure for Andrey Sorokin in the form of house arrest \"with complete isolation from society,\" and for Elena Kamenskaya and Elena Grosheva in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Sorokin and Others in Kansk","date":"2025-11-21T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kansk/index.html#20251121","regions":["krasnoyarsk"],"tags":["house-arrest","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Frunzensky District Court of the city of Vladivostok A. V. Rybakov chooses a ban on certain actions for Sergey Isupov, Sergey Chikichev, Vyacheslav Yudin and Andrey Yavny as a restriction measure.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Yudin and Others in Vladivostok","date":"2025-09-23T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vladivostok14/index.html#20250923","regions":["primorye"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court imposes a ban on certain actions on Vladimir Chertov as a preventive measure.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Chertov in Alushta","date":"2025-08-29T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/alushta/index.html#20250829","regions":["crimea"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On August 27, 2025, Crimean law enforcement officers conducted searches at the homes of local Jehovah\u0026#39;s Witnesses. A criminal case has been initiated against one of them, Vladimir Chertov, 52. He is charged with \u0026quot;organizing the activity of an extremist organization.\u0026quot; He was detained.\nA total of 11 searches took place. The raid affected at least 19 believers from Alushta, the villages of Partenit and Lazurne. Some of them were led by Andrey Kirov, who initiated the criminal prosecution, and Adel Abzalilov, officers of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. During the searches, electronic devices, communication equipment, books, notebooks and personal notes were seized.\nUpdate. During the search, personal documents were confiscated from the believers, including those confirming the ownership of cars and property, internal and passports for travel abroad, driver\u0026rsquo;s licenses, as well as all cash. In one case, the officers of the Investigative Committee left a family of four only 300 rubles. According to the victims, without personal documents and means of subsistence, their lives are on hold. Electronic devices, communication equipment, books, notebooks and personal notes were also seized from them. Some searches were accompanied by harsh actions of law enforcement officers — one of the families was forced to lie on the floor for about 20 minutes.\nOn August 29, a preventive measure was imposed on Vladimir Chertov — a ban on certain actions.\nThis is not the first case of pressure on believers in Alushta — searches were already carried out here a year ago. In total, 32 of Jehovah\u0026#39;s Witnesses have become victims of prosecution in Crimea over the past 7 years.\n","category":"siloviki","date":"2025-08-27T00:00:00Z","duration":null,"image":{"svg":"/img/news/search.svg"},"permalink":"/en/news/2025/08/291558.html","regions":["crimea"],"subtitle":"Largest Raid of the Year Against Believers","tags":["new-case","282.2-1","search","interrogation","prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"New Searches and Criminal Case in Crimea.","type":"news"},{"body":"The court changes the restriction measure for Sergey Bagiyan, who was under house arrest for 11 months. A ban on certain actions has been established in relation to the believer.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Bashabaev and Others in Saratov","date":"2025-03-26T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/saratov3/index.html#20250326","regions":["saratov"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court changes the restriction measure for Sergey Bagiyan, who was under house arrest for 11 months. A ban on certain actions has been established in relation to the believer.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Bagiyan in Saratov","date":"2025-03-26T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/saratov4/index.html#20250326","regions":["saratov"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court commutes the preventive measure for Leonid Pyzhov and Sergey Rygaev to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Rygaev and Pyzhov in Omsk","date":"2025-02-24T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/omsk3/index.html#20250224","regions":["omsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Supreme Court of the Udmurt Republic replaces the preventive measure for Aleksandr Stefanidin with a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Knyazev and Talipov in Izhevsk","date":"2025-01-14T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/izhevsk3/index.html#20250114","regions":["udmurtia"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Investigator A. Egorov requests a measure of restraint for Galina Inkina in the form of house arrest. But since she is a pensioner, suffers from a number of chronic diseases that require constant medical examination, and lives alone in a one-room apartment, the judge of the Taldom District Court, Sergey Mukhortov, imposes a ban on certain actions on the believer.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Mladov and Inkina in Dubna","date":"2024-12-20T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/dubna/index.html#20241220","regions":["moscow_obl"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","ankle-tag","elderly"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court releases Anton Bashabaev, Aleksey Vasilyev and Aleksey Yefremov from house arrest and changes their measure of restraint to a ban on certain actions. Sergey Baghiyan is still under house arrest.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Bashabaev and Others in Saratov","date":"2024-11-11T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/saratov3/index.html#20241111","regions":["saratov"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","house-arrest"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court changes the restriction measure to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Timofeyev in Petrozavodsk","date":"2024-10-23T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/petrozavodsk2/index.html#20241023","regions":["karelia"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Vitaliy's restriction measure has been changed to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Manuylov in Barnaul","date":"2024-07-23T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/barnaul5/index.html#20240723","regions":["altaisky"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Valeriy's restriction measure was changed to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Klokov in Barnaul","date":"2024-06-28T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/barnaul4/index.html#20240628","regions":["altaisky"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Chausovs are asking to change their preventive measure to a recognizance agreement. Dmitriy justifies this by the fact that he has a serious chronic illness and needs the care of his wife, but due to the ban on communication, they are forced to live separately. Oksana also says that she cannot take care of her spouse and elderly parents because of the ban on the use of communications.\nThe judge leaves the preventive measure unchanged for all three defendants - Nikolay Kupriyansky and Dmitry Chausov remain under house arrest, and Oksana Chausova - under a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kupriyanskiy and Others in Kursk","date":"2024-06-24T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kursk2/index.html#20240624","regions":["kursk"],"tags":["first-instance","house-arrest","prohibition-of-actions","families"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Industrial District Court of Izhevsk Aleksandr Shishkin chooses a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions against Indus Talipov and Valeriy Knyazev, and sends Alexander Stefanidin to a pre-trial detention center.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Knyazev and Talipov in Izhevsk","date":"2024-06-05T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/izhevsk3/index.html#20240605","regions":["udmurtia"],"tags":["sizo","prohibition-of-actions","elderly"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"In the early morning of June 4, 2024, security forces invaded the homes of at least three families of Jehovah\u0026#39;s Witnesses in Izhevsk. One man was sent to pretrial detention, two were banned from certain actions.\nA criminal case against the believers \u0026ndash; the fourth in the region \u0026ndash; was initiated by the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic a day earlier. The case proceedings are being conducted by investigator Artur Selin.\nThe search at the home of Aleksandr Stefanidin, 32, and his wife began at about 7 a.m. and lasted 2 hours. Electronic devices and flash drives were seized from the family. After that, Aleksandr was taken for interrogation. On June 5, the judge of the Industrialniy District Court of Izhevsk, Aleksandr Shishkin, sent Stefanidin to the detention center.\nAnother of those against whom the case was initiated, is pensioner Indus Talipov, 73.\n","category":"siloviki","date":"2024-06-04T00:00:00Z","duration":null,"image":{"svg":"/img/news/prison.svg"},"permalink":"/en/news/2024/06/070956.html","regions":["udmurtia"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["search","new-case","282.2-1","sizo","prohibition-of-actions","families","elderly"],"title":"One of Jehovah's Witnesses from Izhevsk Placed in Pretrial Detention Center After Searches","type":"news"},{"body":"Kirill Chekolayev is released under a ban on certain actions. He spent about 5 months in the pre-trial detention center.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Byche and Others in Vladivostok","date":"2024-05-03T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vladivostok12/index.html#20240503","regions":["primorye"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The first court hearing is held. The lawyer asks to change the measure of restraint of the believer to a written undertaking not to leave due to the state of her health, but the court extends Popova's ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Popova in Cherkessk","date":"2024-04-22T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/cherkessk3/index.html#20240422","regions":["karachaevo"],"tags":["first-instance","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Dmitry Chausov is released from the pre-trial detention center under house arrest and allowed to walk for 2 hours a day. Oksana Chausova's house arrest is replaced with a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kupriyanskiy and Others in Kursk","date":"2024-02-28T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kursk2/index.html#20240228","regions":["kursk"],"tags":["house-arrest","prohibition-of-actions","families"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Yuriy Byche and Sergey Novoselov were released from the pre-trial detention center. The measure of restraint for them has been replaced by a ban on certain actions.\nKirill Chekolayev's detention in the pre-trial detention center is extended for another 3 months.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Byche and Others in Vladivostok","date":"2024-02-22T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vladivostok12/index.html#20240222","regions":["primorye"],"tags":["sizo","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg changes Kirill Khabrik's preventive measure to a ban on certain actions. The believer is forbidden to communicate with the defendants in the case, use telephone communications and the Internet, as well as attend public events.\nThe court extends the ban on certain actions for Sergei Ryabokon, but lifts the ban on leaving the house from 21:00 to 07:00.\n","caseTitle":"Case in Kingisepp","date":"2024-02-14T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kingisepp/index.html#20240214","regions":["leningrad_obl"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court releases Sergey Ryabokon from the pre-trial detention center, changing his measure of restraint to a ban on certain actions. Kirill Khabrik's house arrest is extended until February 18, 2024.\n","caseTitle":"Case in Kingisepp","date":"2024-01-19T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kingisepp/index.html#20240119","regions":["leningrad_obl"],"tags":["house-arrest","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court extends Sveshnikov's measure of restraint, but at the same time reduces the time of the ban on leaving the apartment. He is still unable to communicate with witnesses in the criminal case, to send and receive postal and telegraphic items, as well as to use communications and the Internet.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Sveshnikov in Kovrov","date":"2024-01-19T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kovrov4/index.html#20240119","regions":["vladimir"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court changes the measure of restraint for Yuriy Gerashchenko from house arrest to a ban on certain actions. Sergei Parfenovich's house arrest is extended, he is filing an appeal.\nThe 6th and 7th volumes of the case materials are being examined. A disc with an audio recording of the service is listened to. The defense draws the court's attention to the peaceful atmosphere and the absence of calls for extremism. Also, the voice of the defendant Gerashchenko is not heard on the recording.\nWhen examining the examination from the 7th volume of the case, the defense draws attention to the fact that the examination was started 5 days before notifying the defendants of its appointment, which did not allow them to participate in the selection of an expert institution. The defense also draws attention to the expert's unscientific approach: he refers to incompetent sources from the Internet and forms a negative attitude towards the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses, calling it extremist. In addition, the expert assesses the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Parfenovich and Gerashchenko in Krasnogvardeyskoye","date":"2023-12-20T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/krasnogvardeyskoe/index.html#20231220","regions":["crimea"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","studies-violations"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court changes Mikhail Sveshnikov's measure of restraint to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Sveshnikov in Kovrov","date":"2023-12-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kovrov4/index.html#20231218","regions":["vladimir"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The measure of restraint for a believer is changed to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Sakun in Kovrov","date":"2023-12-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kovrov6/index.html#20231218","regions":["vladimir"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","elderly"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The judge of the Kovrov City Court of the Vladimir Region, Artem Ozhev, decides to replace the measure of restraint in the form of house arrest for Alexander Popov with a ban on certain actions for a period of 1 month and 6 days until January 21, 2024. Now a believer can leave his apartment during the daytime for several hours, but he does not have the right to use means of communication, including the Internet, to see witnesses in the case, and also to receive correspondence through the postal service.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Popov in Kovrov","date":"2023-12-15T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kovrov5/index.html#20231215","regions":["vladimir"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Circassian City Court Din-Islam Chotchaev softens the measure of restraint for Rimma Popova from house arrest to prohibition of certain actions. Taking into account the state of health of the accused and the data confirming that she is not going to hide from the investigation, the judge rejects the petition of investigator N. R. Jamalutdinov, who asks to leave the previous measure of restraint. Now the believer is forbidden to leave the house only at night, communicate with witnesses in the case, use the Internet and mobile communications.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Popova in Cherkessk","date":"2023-11-30T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/cherkessk3/index.html#20231130","regions":["karachaevo"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court releases Timofey Zhukov from the pre-trial detention center and chooses a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. The believer spent 60 days in custody.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Loginov and Others in Surgut","date":"2023-10-16T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/surgut/index.html#20231016","regions":["khanty-mansi"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court changes Alexander Dolganov's measure of restraint from house arrest to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Dolganov in Tolyatti","date":"2023-08-10T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/tolyatti3/index.html#20230810","regions":["samara"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court changes the measure of restraint for believers from house arrest to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Neverov and Others in Saransk","date":"2023-08-04T13:15:34+03:00","permalink":"/en/cases/saransk2/index.html#20230804","regions":["mordovia"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court changes the measure of restraint for the believer from house arrest to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Velichko in Saransk","date":"2023-08-04T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/saransk3/index.html#20230804","regions":["mordovia"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Court of Appeal cancels Kishte Tutinova's house arrest and imposes a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Tutinova and Others in Elista","date":"2023-07-21T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/elista/index.html#20230721","regions":["kalmykia"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","elderly"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The defendants are released from house arrest, now they are prohibited from certain actions. Gerashchenko and Parfenovich cannot leave their homes from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., and they are also forbidden to leave the village without the consent of the executive authority and to communicate with witnesses in a criminal case.\nThe Krasnogvardeysky District Court imposes restrictions until October 3.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Parfenovich and Gerashchenko in Krasnogvardeyskoye","date":"2023-07-12T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/krasnogvardeyskoe/index.html#20230712","regions":["crimea"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Viktor Chernov is experiencing difficulties due to the restrictions imposed on him: he cannot receive timely medical care. The believer suffers from a number of serious diseases, including diabetes mellitus and a tumor in the abdominal cavity, he recently injured his knee. To receive proper treatment, he needs to travel outside the village, but the investigator does not always satisfy Victor's requests. Complaints about these actions are also rejected. Chernov's health is deteriorating. In addition, visits to doctors and treatment are expensive, but since Viktor was included in the Rosfinmonitoring list, all his bank cards are blocked, and he is unable to work.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Chernov in Tavrichanka","date":"2023-05-08T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/tavrichanka2/index.html#20230508","regions":["primorye"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","medical-rights","rosfinmonitoring"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The believer is released under the prohibition of certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"Guseva's case in Yaroslavl","date":"2023-04-21T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/yaroslavl4/index.html#20230421","regions":["yaroslavl"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court releases Igor Shevlyuga from the pre-trial detention center under a ban on certain actions. The believer spent 26 days in prison.\n","caseTitle":"Case in Kingisepp","date":"2023-04-19T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kingisepp/index.html#20230419","regions":["leningrad_obl"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Vovk, Sabodash, Stepanova and Vaganov are banned from certain actions, and Shevlyuga is placed in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.\n","caseTitle":"Case in Kingisepp","date":"2023-03-24T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kingisepp/index.html#20230324","regions":["leningrad_obl"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","sizo"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court releases Viktor Chernov from house arrest and imposes a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Chernov in Tavrichanka","date":"2023-03-15T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/tavrichanka2/index.html#20230315","regions":["primorye"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Frunzensky District Court of Saratov releases believers from custody. Sergey Tyurin, Yevgeny Fomashin, Vladimir Mavrin, Andrey Murych and Alexei Bogatov spent 10 months in the pre-trial detention center.\nThe current measure of restraint is the prohibition of certain actions. Believers should not leave the city of Balakovo, send or receive postal and telegraph items, use communications and the Internet, as well as violate other restrictions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Mavrin and Others in Balakovo","date":"2023-01-23T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/balakovo/index.html#20230123","regions":["saratov"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"In January 2023, in the Saratov region, FSB officers raided the homes of five of Jehovah's Witnesses—four women aged 39 to 69 and a 64-year-old man.\nThe first search took place on January 3, and it was directed by Major Matrosov. Lieutenant Ponomaryov also participated in it; the resident of the home recognized him as the one who had conducted surveillance on her since November of the previous year. The security forces confiscated the Synodal translation of the Bible from the family. They also asked about school history notebooks belonging to the believers' daughter. Security forces were especially interested in written notes about the Israelites leaving Egypt and about the execution of Christ.\nOn January 20, four more searches took place. During one of them, the owner of the apartment was escorted home from the clinic. Nothing was seized from her home as a result of the investigative measures.\nDuring the search of the home of a married couple who are believers, the following was seized: a tablet, a 25-year anniversary card, a Bible, and a notebook containing the addresses of relatives.\nLaw enforcement officers came to another woman's home in search of her son. They did not seize anything, but they explained that she would be a witness in this case. The search was led by investigator Aleksandr Prydatko, who had previously initiated a criminal case against five of Jehovah's Witnesses from Balakovo. At the moment, the men are prohibited from certain activities.\nThe city of Balakovo is notorious for attempts to fabricate criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses. Back in 2015, believers captured video evidence of banned literature being planted in the building where worship services were held.\nIn June 2022, the European Court reiterated that Article 9 of the European Convention \"protects the right of believers to meet peacefully in order to worship in the manner prescribed by their religion\". (§·267)\n","category":"siloviki","date":"2023-01-20T00:00:00Z","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/common/search2_hu_49779cebc96c1159.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/common/search2_hu_620778508a59ad7b.jpg","webp":"/news/common/search2_hu_8fce651d990480ef.webp","webp2x":"/news/common/search2_hu_1d18a4e1b43d8ff3.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2023/02/080852.html","regions":["saratov"],"subtitle":"Previously, Security Forces Planted Banned Publications in Order to Incriminate Local Believer","tags":["elderly","search","fabrications","prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"In the City of Balakovo, New Searches Were Carried Out at the Homes of Jehovah's Witnesses.","type":"news"},{"body":"After about 300 days of imprisonment, the four believers are released under a ban on certain activities until February 14, 2023. To track their movements, electronic bracelets are put on their feet.\nAt the exit from the courthouse, Aram, Denis, Sergey and Nikolay are greeted with applause by a support group of 30 people. Believers do not complain about their state of health.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Polosenko and Others in Samara","date":"2022-12-12T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/samara/index.html#20221212","regions":["samara"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","ankle-tag"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The judge of the Gagarinsky District Court of Sevastopol, Pavel Kryllo, changes Sergey Zhigalov and Viktor Kudinov's preventive measure to prohibit certain actions. Among other things, the court forbade believers \"to attend collective meetings of persons supporting the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses.\"\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Zhigalov and Kudinov in Sevastopol","date":"2022-10-17T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/sevastopol5/index.html#20221017","regions":["crimea"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court softens the measure of restraint for Vitaly Ushakov from house arrest to a ban on certain actions. However, he is still forbidden, among other things, to leave the territory of the Vyselkovsky district, visit railway stations, airports, shopping centers, cafes and restaurants, use the telephone, mail and the Internet.\n","caseTitle":"The case of Ushakov and Others in Vyselki","date":"2022-10-10T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vyselki/index.html#20221010","regions":["krasnodar"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court changes Yevgeny Plotnikov's measure of restraint to a ban on certain actions.\nDuring the court session, investigator Betkanov states that the investigation of the case is \"particularly difficult\", since it is necessary to conduct a forensic comprehensive psychological, linguistic and religious examination of video materials with a total duration of more than 100 hours.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Plotnikov and Others in Yoshkar-Ola","date":"2022-10-07T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/yoshkar-ola2/index.html#20221007","regions":["mari-el"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court extends Borys Symonenko's ban on certain actions until February 4, 2023, without taking into account his age, state of health and the presence of various awards and commendations.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Simonenko in Kovrov","date":"2022-09-15T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kovrov/index.html#20220915","regions":["vladimir"],"tags":["first-instance","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court changes the measure of restraint for the defendants from house arrest to a ban on certain actions. In the next three months, they will be able to leave the house from 7:00 to 19:00.\nThe court rejects the petitions for the recusal of the judge and for the recognition of the discs with voice samples as illegal.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Dubovenko and Litvinyuk in Armyansk","date":"2022-09-08T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/armyansk/index.html#20220908","regions":["crimea"],"tags":["first-instance","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Yaroslavl Regional Court overturns the decision of the lower court and decides to release Andrey Glazov from custody. A ban on certain actions is imposed on him.\n","caseTitle":"Glazov's case in Yaroslavl","date":"2022-09-08T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/yaroslavl3/index.html#20220908","regions":["yaroslavl"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The measure of restraint for Andrei Okhapkin is changed to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Okhapkin in Kineshma","date":"2022-07-14T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kineshma/index.html#20220714","regions":["ivanovo"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Yalta City Court is considering a petition to change the measure of restraint for Taras Kuzo, Sergey Lyulin and Petro Zhiltsov. The court decides to change their measure of restraint from house arrest to prohibition of certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kuzo and others in Yalta","date":"2022-07-11T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/yalta2/index.html#20220711","regions":["crimea"],"tags":["first-instance","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Alexei Kupriyanov is elected a new measure of restraint - a ban on certain actions. The believer is forbidden to leave the apartment.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kupriyanov in Kovrov","date":"2022-06-21T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kovrov2/index.html#20220621","regions":["vladimir"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Roman Adestov is chosen as a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. The believer spent almost 7 months under house arrest.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Adestov in Kovrov","date":"2022-06-21T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kovrov3/index.html#20220621","regions":["vladimir"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"It becomes known that the case of Kolesnikov and the case of Ushakov and others are combined into one proceeding.\nVladimir Kolesnikov is chosen as a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The case of Ushakov and Others in Vyselki","date":"2022-03-15T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vyselki/index.html#20220315","regions":["krasnodar"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Vitaliy Ushakov's wife is subjected to a second search.\nThe Vyselkovsky District Court chooses a measure of restraint for Valery Vechkayev in the form of a ban on certain actions.\nHe is forbidden to leave the Vyselkovsky district, visit railway stations, shopping centers, entertainment venues, cafes and restaurants, use the Internet and telephone (except for calling emergency services and resolving judicial issues). He is also forbidden to communicate with 43 fellow believers.\n","caseTitle":"The case of Ushakov and Others in Vyselki","date":"2022-02-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vyselki/index.html#20220218","regions":["krasnodar"],"tags":["search","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Ruslan Teplukhin, judge of the Vyselkovsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory, imposes restrictions on Yevgeniy Bochko and Alexei Shubnikov in the form of a ban on certain actions. Believers cannot visit a number of public places, use the Internet, communicate with other defendants in the criminal case, as well as with their fellow believers. In addition, they cannot leave the Vyselkovsky district.\n","caseTitle":"The case of Ushakov and Others in Vyselki","date":"2022-02-16T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vyselki/index.html#20220216","regions":["krasnodar"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Boris Symonenko's preventive measure is being changed: from house arrest he is transferred to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Simonenko in Kovrov","date":"2022-02-14T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kovrov/index.html#20220214","regions":["vladimir"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"As a new measure of restraint, believers choose a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Zhukov and Others in Sevastopol","date":"2022-01-10T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/sevastopol2/index.html#20220110","regions":["crimea"],"tags":["first-instance","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On November 25, 2021, in Lesosibirsk (Krasnoyarsk Territory), searches were carried out in the homes of 6 believers. It became known that a criminal case was initiated against 55-year-old Valeriy Shitz under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of an extremist organization).\nThe searches began early in the morning, when officers of the FSB and the Investigative Committee came to the houses of believers. Electronic devices, information carriers, as well as Bibles and religious literature were seized from civilians. In some cases, law enforcement officers took photographs and videos. After the searches, Valeriy Shitz and several other believers were taken for interrogation, after which they were released.\nOn November 19, 2021, Hakob Stepanyan, an investigator of the Investigation Department for the city of Lesosibirsk, of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Khakassia, opened a criminal case against Valeriy Shitz. According to the investigation, the believer \"organized and conducted meetings of adherents in the form of collective worship, taught the preaching work of the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses, and carried out actions aimed at promoting the activities of a banned organization.\"\nOn November 26, 2021, the judge of the Lesosibirskiy District Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Aleksey Knyazev, decided to choose for Valeriy Shitz a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure — communication with witnesses in the case and persons who are not his close relatives, the use of mail and the Internet are banned for him. The believer is also prohibited from leaving the city of Lesosibirsk.\nLesosibirsk has joined the list of cities in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, where 17 more civilians are currently being prosecuted. The harshest sentence in this region was passed on 47-year-old Andrey Stupnikov — 6 years in a penal colony.\n","category":"siloviki","date":"2021-11-29T15:32:13+02:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/common/omon_hu_cc21e0c1b202fec1.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/common/omon_hu_ffc696cb236da5bb.jpg","webp":"/news/common/omon_hu_4c87d2ce782042cd.webp","webp2x":"/news/common/omon_hu_9c4da176cf33a608.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2021/11/291532.html","regions":["krasnoyarsk"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["search","new-case","282.2-1","prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"Searches of Jehovah's Witnesses Were Again Held in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Criminal Case Initiated Against 55-Year-Old Believer","type":"news"},{"body":"Judge of the Lesosibirsk City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexei Knyazev chooses Valery Shitz a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions: he is forbidden to communicate with persons who are not close relatives and witnesses in a criminal case, as well as to use means of communication and leave the city of Lesosibirsk.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Schitz in Lesosibirsk","date":"2021-11-26T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/lesosibirsk/index.html#20211126","regions":["krasnoyarsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court releases Sergey Skudaev from custody. A new measure of restraint is chosen for him - a ban on certain actions. The believer spent more than 4 months in prison.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Skudaev in Kurgan","date":"2021-11-19T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kurgan/index.html#20211119","regions":["kurgan"],"tags":["sizo","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The judge admits that the investigation was conducted in violation of the criminal procedure law, but believes that the violations are not enough to return the case to the prosecutor.\nFor believers Yevgeniy Kayryak and Sergey Loginov, the court changes the measure of restraint from a ban on certain actions to a written undertaking not to leave.\nThe judge announces the preliminary schedule of court hearings, drawn up until August 2022. According to the schedule, in the coming months, the defendants will have only 8-9 working days each month that are not occupied with court hearings. This deprives them of the opportunity to earn a sufficient living.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Loginov and Others in Surgut","date":"2021-11-15T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/surgut/index.html#20211115","regions":["khanty-mansi"],"tags":["first-instance","prohibition-of-actions","recognizance-agreement"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Khabarovsk Regional Court is considering appeals by the prosecutor against the refusal to detain believers. With regard to Igor Kletkin, the court leaves the decision unchanged, and toughens the measure of restraint for Vladislav Markov to prohibit certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kononenko and Others in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur","date":"2021-11-01T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/nikolayevsk_na_amure/index.html#20211101","regions":["khabarovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","appeal"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"By the decision of the Apatity City Court of the Murmansk Region, Denis Merkulov's preventive measure is changed to prohibit certain actions until October 18, 2021.\n","caseTitle":"Merkulov's case in Apatity","date":"2021-09-17T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/apatity/index.html#20210917","regions":["murmansk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The judge of the Industrial District Court of Izhevsk, Sergey Savchenkov, grants the investigator's petition to mitigate the measure of restraint for Maxim Derendyaev. Now the believer is forbidden to certain actions, he cannot receive and send correspondence, negotiate and communicate using any means of communication.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Derendyaev and Others in Izhevsk","date":"2021-09-09T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/izhevsk/index.html#20210909","regions":["udmurtia"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On August 28, 2021, after a request from the European Court of Human Rights and Human Rights Defenders, as well as a medical examination, the court released Aleksandr Lubin and Anatoliy Isakov from the pre-trial detention center. For about 1.5 months, believers with disabilities were kept in conditions of torture that threaten their lives.\nOn July 13 and 14, 2021, in Kurgan and Shadrinsk (Kurgan Region), security forces conducted mass searches of Jehovah's Witnesses. Several believers were detained. 56-year-old Anatoliy Isakov and 65-year-old Aleksandr Lubin were taken into custody by a court decision.\nBoth believers were assigned the II group of disability due to serious illnesses, and the conditions of detention in the pre-trial detention center threatened their lives and were comparable to torture. Anatoliy Isakov was diagnosed with cancer of the blood, multiple compression fractures of the spine, ribs and other diseases. Due to the fact that he was behind bars, his course of chemotherapy was interrupted. Also, the believer was deprived of vital potent medicine, in connection with which Anatoliy experienced unbearable pain. He cannot walk without a wheelchair. Before the criminal prosecution, a believer, on average, needed hospitalization 6 times a year. The situation was aggravated by the fact that Anatoliy Isakov was infected with COVID-19 in the pre-trial detention center.\nAleksandr Lubin has several diagnoses: a serious vascular disease, hypertension, as well as an autoimmune disease that affects various organs. In addition to medical treatment, he needs humidified oxygen for 16 hours every day — during his imprisonment, Aleksandr was deprived of all this. It is difficult for a believer to walk, and in the event of a fall, he is unable to rise without assistance. Aleksandr's wife, Tatyana, also has a disability group II (she suffered 4 strokes). The arrest of her husband endangered her health as well — her legs began to fail, she had problems with speech.\nWhen deciding to choose a measure of restraint for believers, the judges relied on the certificates of the doctors of the Kurgan Regional Clinical Hospital, according to which Lubin and Isakov have no illnesses that prevent them from being held in the pre-trial detention center. The defense sent petitions to the Kurgan City Court with a request to replace it with a preventive measure not related to detention, but the court ignored them. Also, in view of the serious health condition of the believers, the lawyers demanded that the leadership of Detention Centre No.1 send Lubin and Isakov for a medical examination, however, this was ignored. On August 6, the Kurgan Regional Court did not satisfy the believers' appeals and left them in a pre-trial detention center.\nSince all internal means of the defense had been exhausted, on August 8, 2021, the lawyers lodged complaints with the European Court of Human Rights, together with an application for interim measures in accordance with Rule 39 of the Rules of Court. According to this rule, the ECHR, prior to its decision, may require the application of any preliminary measures in the interests of the parties, especially when there is an imminent threat of irreparable harm to human life and health. The ECHR communicated the complaint and petition to the Russian Government, demanding that the Russian Federation respond urgently.\nAs a result, on August 24, the believers were sent for a medical examination to the same Kurgan Regional Clinical Hospital. This time, the doctors discovered that the illnesses of Lubin and Isakov really impede their further detention. In this regard, the investigator applied to the court with a petition to change the preventive measure in the form of detention to prohibit certain actions. The court granted the petition and released the believers, but since the case has not been closed, they still face prison terms.\nThe decision of the Supreme Court to liquidate legal entities of Jehovah's Witnesses in 2017 gave rise to real persecution of ordinary believers. This legal \"collision\", as Tatyana Moskalkova, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, put it, cripples the lives of hundreds of people. The number of criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia is growing rapidly, dozens of believers are behind bars.\n","category":"victory","date":"2021-08-31T09:34:22+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2021/08/310934/image_hu_454a332a35d98814.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2021/08/310934/image_hu_41bd1abbc67e0a5d.jpg","webp":"/news/2021/08/310934/image_hu_f112bb286b6c8e97.webp","webp2x":"/news/2021/08/310934/image_hu_614213935f021b6e.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2021/08/310934.html","regions":["kurgan"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["echr","complaints","prohibition-of-actions","disability"],"title":"After a Complaint of Jehovah's Witnesses to the ECHR, Two Seriously Ill Residents of Kurgan Were Released From Custody","type":"news"},{"body":"The court releases Anatoly Isakov from the pre-trial detention center and, at the request of the investigator, chooses a measure of restraint for the believer in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Isakov and Minsafin in Kurgan","date":"2021-08-28T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kurgan2/index.html#20210828","regions":["kurgan"],"tags":["sizo","prohibition-of-actions","disability"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court releases Aleksandr Lubin from the pre-trial detention center and, at the request of the investigator, chooses a measure of restraint for the believer in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Lubin in Shadrinsk","date":"2021-08-28T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/shadrinsk/index.html#20210828","regions":["kurgan"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Industrial District Court of Izhevsk Alexei Shnit dismisses the petition of investigator Konstantin Kokorin to extend house arrest for Alexander Kutin. The court decides to replace the measure of restraint with a ban on certain actions until October 10, 2021. The believer is forbidden to leave the living quarters in which he lives from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., as well as to correspond using mobile devices and the Internet.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Derendyaev and Others in Izhevsk","date":"2021-08-10T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/izhevsk/index.html#20210810","regions":["udmurtia"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Central District Court of Khabarovsk Yaroslav Sidorov softens Sergey Kazakov's preventive measure: he releases the believer from house arrest and transfers him to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kazakov and Mirgorodskaya in Bikin","date":"2021-08-05T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/bikin/index.html#20210805","regions":["khabarovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"During the appeal hearing on the complaint about the extension of the detention of 4 believers, the judge of the Yaroslavl Regional Court Irina Ignatieva releases from custody Andrey Vyushin, Petr Filiznov, Alexander and Maria Kuznetsov and chooses for them a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Filiznov and Others in Yaroslavl","date":"2021-07-14T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/yaroslavl/index.html#20210714","regions":["yaroslavl"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Industrial District Court of Izhevsk decides to replace the measures of restraint for two believers. Both are chosen to prohibit certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Gobozev and Potapov in Votkinsk","date":"2021-05-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/votkinsk/index.html#20210518","regions":["udmurtia"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Syktyvkar City Court of the Komi Republic changes the measure of restraint for Aleksandr Kruglyakov and Aleksandr Ketov to prohibit certain actions. Aleksandr Kruglyakov spent 57 days in the pre-trial detention center.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kruglyakov and Others in Syktyvkar","date":"2021-04-28T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/syktyvkar/index.html#20210428","regions":["komi"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Syktyvkar City Court of the Komi Republic satisfies the petition of the senior investigator of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee A. Y. Belov and softens the measure of restraint for Andrey Kharlamov. He is prohibited from certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kruglyakov and Others in Syktyvkar","date":"2021-04-27T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/syktyvkar/index.html#20210427","regions":["komi"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Industrial District Court of Izhevsk Gulfiya Zamilova chooses a measure of restraint for Sergey Ashikhmin in the form of a ban on certain actions, taking into account the state of his health.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Derendyaev and Others in Izhevsk","date":"2021-04-16T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/izhevsk/index.html#20210416","regions":["udmurtia"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On March 5, 2021, Denis Kiselyov, a Prioksky District Court judge, found Sergey Verkhoturov guilty of organizing the activities of a banned organization and sentenced him to a six-year suspended sentence with a four-year probationary period. The believer is insisting he is completely innocent.\nAlthough there is not a single victim in the case, the prosecutor recommended that the court impose a sentence of 7 years in prison and another 1 year of restriction of liberty on Verkhoturov. The verdict has not entered into force and can be appealed.\nSpeaking in court with the last word, Sergey voiced the reason for his criminal prosecution: “I am being tried for my religious beliefs, for my belief that no harm should be done to people, society, or the state. I am being judged for what I have encouraged and will continue to encourage all people to love each other, avoid any violence, and strengthen family relationships.\"\nFor 19 months Sergey has been banned from certain actions: he is forbidden to leave his home after 21:00, use communications and communicate with other citizens.\nOn July 16 and 17, 2019, in Nizhny Novgorod and the city of Pavlovo (Nizhny Novgorod region), searches were carried out in several houses of believers at once. In total, over 30 families and individual believers were affected. The criminal case against Verkhoturov was initiated on June 4, 2019 under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. He was investigated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod region for 1 year and 2 months.\nA year before the initiation of the case, on the basis of a court order, the police obtained the right to wiretap Sergei Verkhoturov's telephone conversations for 90 days. On July 30, 2020, the case went to court.\nLaw enforcers in the Nizhny Novgorod region, under the guise of fighting extremism, are actively prosecuting Jehovah's Witnesses. They consider peaceful religious services, during which believers read the Bible and pray, as a \"crime\". In total, criminal cases have been initiated in the region for their faith against 14 Jehovah's Witnesses, including the wife of Sergey Verkhoturov, Victoriya (participation in the activities of a banned organization). 10 cases are under investigation, 4 have been transferred to the court.\nRussian and foreign leaders and organizations unanimously condemn the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The Russian government has repeatedly stated that the decisions of the Russian courts on the liquidation and prohibition of organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses \"do not assess the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses, do not contain a restriction or prohibition to practice the above teachings individually.\" According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Jehovah's Witnesses have the right to practice their religion both individually and in groups.\n","category":"verdict","date":"2021-03-05T15:52:00+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2021/03/3/image_hu_f9f0676d1e6c108f.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2021/03/3/image_hu_c6a3583a6c1bed5c.jpg","webp":"/news/2021/03/3/image_hu_9503bdca299bf163.webp","webp2x":"/news/2021/03/3/image_hu_58d59d3fd235ae5d.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2021/03/3.html","regions":["nizhegorod"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["sentence","suspended","prohibition-of-actions","282.2-1"],"title":"A Nizhny Novgorod court sentenced Sergey Verkhoturov to six years of suspended sentence for reading the Bible","type":"news"},{"body":"D. S. Pozdnyakov, senior investigator-criminalist of the investigation department of the FSB of Russia in the Khabarovsk Territory, charges Ilya Degtyarenko with committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - participation in the activities of a religious organization banned by the court.\nOn the same day, he cancels the believer's measure of restraint in the form of a ban on performing certain actions. Tracking equipment (bracelet) is removed from Degtyarenko. A new measure of restraint has not yet been chosen.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Degtyarenko in Vyazemsky","date":"2021-02-26T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vyazemskiy2/index.html#20210226","regions":["khabarovsk"],"tags":["282.2-2","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Lesozavodsky City Court Maxim Ponomarev, at the request of investigator O. V. Belyakova, changes the measure of restraint for Yevgeny Grinenko from house arrest to a ban on certain actions. Yevgeniy spent 7 months under house arrest.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Grinenko and Others in Lesozavodsk","date":"2021-02-06T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/lesozavodsk/index.html#20210206","regions":["primorye"],"tags":["house-arrest","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The judge of the Traktorozavodsky District Court of Volgograd extends the measure of restraint in the form of prohibitions on certain actions against Valery Rogozin, Igor Yegozaryan, Sergey Melnik and Denis Peresunko, leaving them only bans on the use of communications and the Internet.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Rogozin and Others in Volgograd","date":"2020-12-10T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/volgograd/index.html#20201210","regions":["volgograd"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge Iryna Struk attaches to the case file the decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.\nThe court grants the prosecutor's request to extend the measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Rogozin and Others in Volgograd","date":"2020-12-10T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/volgograd/index.html#20201210","regions":["volgograd"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court releases believers Aleksey Antyukhin, Mikhail Veselov and Valery Gursky from the pre-trial detention center. They spent just under 5 months behind bars. They were assigned a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. In addition, the court mitigates the measure of restraint for Sergey Baev, Igor Popov and Anatoly Yagupov. Starting in July 2020, they spent 3 to 9 weeks in a pre-trial detention center, and the rest of the time under house arrest. They are now assigned a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Sokolov and Others in Voronezh","date":"2020-12-03T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/voronezh/index.html#20201203","regions":["voronezh"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Leninsky District Court of Voronezh changes the measure of restraint for 3 believers who were in jail for 4.5 months from July 13, 2020. Yuriy Galka, Vitaliy Nerush, Yevgeniy Sokolov were released under a ban on certain actions. It is known that Nerush and Sokolov were released immediately. The whereabouts of Jackdaw are being clarified. The measure of restraint for Stepan Pankratov has also been relaxed: house arrest has been changed to a ban on certain actions. Three believers remain in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the city of Voronezh: Alexey Antyukhin, Mikhail Veselov and Valery Gursky.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Sokolov and Others in Voronezh","date":"2020-12-01T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/voronezh/index.html#20201201","regions":["voronezh"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Despite the petition of the FSB investigator Nemtsev to extend the detention of Yegor Baranov, the Kirovsky District Court of Khabarovsk changes the measure of restraint for the believer. Instead of being held in custody, he was ordered to prohibit certain actions. Yegor Baranov spent 177 days in pre-trial detention. All this time, he did not have the opportunity to receive letters of support. Even before it became known about the intention of investigator Nemtsev to seize all incoming correspondence, in the first 10 days, 400 letters were addressed to Yegor Baranov in the pre-trial detention center. After 4 months, it became known that the number of letters had already reached 1200. Shortly before his release, Yegor Baranov received a box with 400 letters that he could read while at home. The rest of the letters are still being studied by the investigator, hoping to find grounds to attach them to the charge.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Baranov and Li in Vyazemskiy","date":"2020-11-20T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vyazemskiy/index.html#20201120","regions":["khabarovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","letters"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The hearing continues with the new investigator and prosecutor. The Khabarovsk Regional Court cancels the decision of the lower court on the detention of the believer and releases him from the pre-trial detention center under the prohibition of certain actions. After 14 days in custody, Ilya meets with his family again.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Degtyarenko in Vyazemsky","date":"2020-11-12T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vyazemskiy2/index.html#20201112","regions":["khabarovsk"],"tags":["appeal","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Lyubov Oshmarina, judge of the Solikamsk City Court of the Perm Territory, replaces house arrest for Vladimir Timoshkin with a ban on certain actions. This is due to the fact that the accused is the sole breadwinner, his wife does not work and takes care of her elderly mother, and Vladimir has a dependent daughter. The believer has no right to leave Solikamsk and communicate with other defendants in the case.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Poltoradnev and Others in Solikamsk","date":"2020-10-26T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/solikamsk/index.html#20201026","regions":["perm"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"In relation to Rustam Seidkuliev, a preventive measure is chosen in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Seidkuliev in Saratov","date":"2020-09-25T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/saratov2/index.html#20200925","regions":["saratov"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Vologda Regional Court is considering the appeal of Nikolay Stepanov against the decision of the Vologda City Court of 15.09.2020, on the basis of which the believer's detention under house arrest was extended until November 18, 2020.\nThe appellate court releases Nikolay from house arrest and changes his measure of restraint to a milder one - a ban on certain actions. The accused is still not entitled to use means of communication. Nikolay spent 43 days under house arrest.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Stepanov and Baranov in Vologda","date":"2020-09-25T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vologda/index.html#20200925","regions":["vologda"],"tags":["appeal","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Solikamsk City Court of the Perm Territory Margarita Tsyruleva, following the results of a closed session, decides to change the measure of restraint for Vladimir Poltoradnev from house arrest to a ban on certain actions. The decision is motivated by the fact that Poltoradnev needs fresh air for health reasons, and also asks to be allowed to work to support himself. The new measure of restraint includes a ban on communication with other defendants in the case, on sending and receiving letters, as well as on the use of any means of communication other than to call emergency services.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Poltoradnev and Others in Solikamsk","date":"2020-09-24T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/solikamsk/index.html#20200924","regions":["perm"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"In Krasnoyarsk, District Court has begun consideration of the criminal case against Andrey Stupnikov, a peaceful believer accused of extremism. Who he is and why he is being tried, is described in a 4-minute video.\nViktor Shipilov, Attorney: He is accused of committing a crime stipulated by Article 282.2(1) of the Criminal Code—for organizing the activity of an organization that has been liquidated by a court decision for carrying out so-called extremist activity. Andrey Stupnikov was never one of the founding members of such organizations and was never a member of one of their supervising organs. No one has been banned from having religious beliefs, a fact that was emphasized by the court that ruled to liquidate legal entities [of Jehovah’s Witnesses]. But when we open the bill of charges we read the following: “Andrey Stupnikov took steps to preserve and increase the number of followers of the given religious teaching.” But a religion cannot exist without followers that profess certain beliefs.\nAndrey and Olga have been married for 27 years. According to them, it was knowledge of the Bible that made their marriage strong and happy. However, on 3 July 2018 their happy family life was disrupted when Andrey was detained by security forces.\nAndrey Stupnikov: My wife and I arrived at the airport at 4:00 in the morning. When we were at the check-in counter, the FSB approached us. We were told that I was under investigation.\nAfter that he was interrogated by the FSB, had court hearings on preventive measures and spent eight months in pre-trial detention. Andrey was not allowed to see his wife. They threatened him, trying to force him into testifying against himself.\nAndrey Stupnikov: They shouted and threatened that they could, for example, increase the severity of the charges to terrorism. After this, the situation worsened; for some time I stopped receiving letters from my wife. But I received other letters. Then a man would come and ask me: \"So what happened to your wife, do you know?\" Later I realised why this was happening. They told me that if I agreed to cooperate or admit my guilt, I could return to my wife very soon.\nAndrey acknowledges that the presence of hundreds of fellow believers who came to encourage him was of great support to him. For anyone who discerns what is happening, it is obvious that law enforcement agencies have taken it to the extreme by labelling peaceful law-abiding citizens as extremists.\nViktor Shipilov, attorney: It is clear that Andrey Stupnikov did not carry out any extremist activities. He did not incite anyone to violence or discrimination, and he never employed violent means himself. All he did was meet with fellow-worshippers, participate in religious services, and share his religious views with others. Why are such peaceable individuals being framed as criminals and imprisoned for six years? There are many opinions on that question, one of which is that they are an easy target for law-enforcement officers, who have quotas to meet in their battle with extremism.\nAt present, Andrey is free. His current preventive measure prohibits certain actions. And although Andrey’s life has changed a lot in the past year, he admits that persecution will not force him to renounce his faith in God.\nAndrey Stupnikov: Reflecting on my life since I dedicated myself to God, I wouldn’t change anything. Not one person can say that I’ve ruined their life or done anything bad to them. I’m proud to know Jehovah and to have him by my side.\nThe judicial proceedings against Andrey Stupnikov are in full swing, and we will likely find out very soon if the judge will render a fair and independent decision—acquitting an ordinary believer.\n","category":"eyewitnesses","date":"2020-08-24T14:32:00+03:00","duration":"4:18","image":{"jpg":"/news/2020/08/7/7_2_hu_c0670e791924a588.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2020/08/7/7_2.jpg","webp":"/news/2020/08/7/7_2_hu_b26baf6ca8adf60b.webp","webp2x":"/news/2020/08/7/7_2_hu_f75b3abbc83123f1.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2020/08/7.html","regions":["krasnoyarsk"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["search","first-instance","video","prohibition-of-actions","282.2-1"],"title":"Why are peace-loving individuals being framed as criminals? An engineer is being tried for his faith in the city of Krasnoyarsk","type":"video"},{"body":"Investigator V. D. Smolin submits a petition to extend the ban on certain actions to Ivan Shulyuk until October 17, 2020. Judge of the Nazarovsky City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory T. V. Okhotnikova does not find sufficient grounds for this, taking into account the positive characteristics of the believer. The measure of restraint is canceled.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Shulyuk in Nazarovo","date":"2020-08-14T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/nazarovo/index.html#20200814","regions":["krasnoyarsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Solikamsk City Court of the Perm Territory releases Aleksandr Sobyanin from the temporary detention facility and chooses a preventive measure against him in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Poltoradnev and Others in Solikamsk","date":"2020-07-30T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/solikamsk/index.html#20200730","regions":["perm"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Krasnoyarsk Regional Court cancels the decision of the Nazarovsky City Court of June 19 to take Ivan Shulyuk into custody and assigns him a new measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions until August 17, 2020. The accused may not leave the house from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., communicate with unauthorized persons or use any means of communication. Such a preventive measure deprives him of the opportunity to work and provide for his family financially.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Shulyuk in Nazarovo","date":"2020-07-09T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/nazarovo/index.html#20200709","regions":["krasnoyarsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Volgograd Regional Court rejects the believers' appeal against the ban on certain actions. Families of believers are experiencing serious financial difficulties due to the blocking of accounts and the inability to use the telephone and the Internet.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Rogozin and Others in Volgograd","date":"2020-06-19T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/volgograd/index.html#20200619","regions":["volgograd"],"tags":["appeal","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The hearing is being held behind closed doors due to the epidemiological situation. Only defendants and lawyers are allowed into the courtroom.\nThe court extends the measure of restraint for believers in the form of a ban on certain actions until September 9, 2020. The defendants file a motion to include in the case file the decision of the UN Working Group, which, in the opinion of the defenders, \"should be directly applied in this criminal case and indicates the need for the immediate abolition of the measure of restraint and the cessation of criminal prosecution\" against the Volgograd believers. The court retires to the deliberation room for 40 minutes, and then a break is announced.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Rogozin and Others in Volgograd","date":"2020-05-29T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/volgograd/index.html#20200529","regions":["volgograd"],"tags":["first-instance","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Urai City Court of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Ilnur Gilmanov leaves unchanged the measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions for Andrei Sazonov. The judge finds no grounds for holding a preliminary hearing in the case and schedules the first hearing on the merits for June 1, 2020. The case will be considered by Judge Gilmanov alone and behind closed doors. As an excuse for such a significant restriction of the principle of publicity and openness of legal proceedings, Judge Ilnur Gilmanov cites his fear that an open hearing of the case \"may lead to the disclosure of state or other secrets protected by federal law,\" as well as \"damage the interests of society and the state protected by federal law.\"\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Sazonov in Uray","date":"2020-05-20T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/uray/index.html#20200520","regions":["khanty-mansi"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","first-instance"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The ban on certain actions established by the Vologda City Court for Yuri Baranov is expiring.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Stepanov and Baranov in Vologda","date":"2020-05-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vologda/index.html#20200518","regions":["vologda"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Vologda City Court Pavel Vorobyov refuses to extend the term of the ban on certain actions to Yuri Baranov, since the prohibitions imposed on him by law are valid until they are canceled by the court. This means that the measure of restraint for Baranov has not been canceled - all restrictions will remain in force until the court cancels them at the request of the investigator, Baranov or on its own initiative.\nThus, the latest court decision does not improve the situation of Yuriy Baranov, whose illnesses have worsened due to criminal prosecution. In April, Baranov was hospitalized, but even after undergoing treatment, his health is still weakened.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Stepanov and Baranov in Vologda","date":"2020-05-14T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vologda/index.html#20200514","regions":["vologda"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"With regard to Dmitry Kuzin, the ban on leaving the house at night (from 22:00 to 6:00) ceases. The remaining restrictions remain in force.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Makhnev and Kuzin in Kaluga","date":"2020-04-20T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kaluga/index.html#20200420","regions":["kaluga"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Judge of the Zasviyazhsky District Court Inga Leontieva extends the measure of restraint for the accused for six months - until October 6, 2020. The seizure of believers' property also remains.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2020-04-17T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20200417","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"An open court session is being held in the Vologda City Court.\nThe court is considering the petition of the senior investigator A. A. Nesterov to extend the believer's detention under house arrest. He points to \"the gravity of the crime, the ability of the accused to escape, put pressure on witnesses and obstruct the establishment of the truth in a criminal case.\"\nBaranov and his lawyer are petitioning for mitigation of the measure of restraint.\nJudge Alexei Koltakov takes into account the believer's need for treatment and its positive characteristics.\nThe court refuses to satisfy the investigator's petition and chooses a preventive measure for Yuriy in the form of a ban on certain actions until May 18, 2020. Yuri must appear in court in a timely manner, he is forbidden to communicate with persons involved in a criminal case. You can use communication and the Internet only in emergency situations. In order to comply with the regulations, audiovisual and electronic means of control may be used.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Stepanov and Baranov in Vologda","date":"2020-03-16T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vologda/index.html#20200316","regions":["vologda"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The judge of the Leninsky District Court of Ulyanovsk extends the term of the preventive measure for Sergey Mysin and Mikhail Zelensky in the form of a ban on certain actions until 04/21/2020, and Khoren Khachikyan, Natalia Mysina, Andrey Tabakov and Alexander Ganin until 04/23/2020.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2020-02-21T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20200221","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"By the decision of the judge of the Kaluga District Court of the Kaluga Region, Viktor Potapeiko, house arrest for Dmitry Kuzin is replaced by a ban on certain actions. The initiative to change Kuzin's measure of restraint is made by senior investigator E. Pavshenko. The reason for this is the deteriorating health of the accused, as well as the elderly age of the parents who need care. The investigator also claims that Kuzin does not violate the restrictions imposed on him and is \"characterized satisfactorily.\"\nNow he is forbidden to leave the house at night, communicate with other defendants in the criminal case (with the exception of Dmitry's wife and mother), use communications and the Internet, as well as send and receive postal and telegraph items.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Makhnev and Kuzin in Kaluga","date":"2020-02-20T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kaluga/index.html#20200220","regions":["kaluga"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Preliminary hearing on the case. About 30 people from the support group of believers in Volgograd come to court. Melnik, Rogozin and Egozaryan ask to be allowed to use the telephone and the Internet, as it is necessary for work, but the court refuses the petition.\nAt the same time, the judge allows Melnik to change his place of stay due to the fact that he needs to take care of a sick relative.\nThe judge of the Traktorozavodsky District Court of Volgograd changes the measure of restraint in the form of detention for Denis Peresunko to prohibit certain actions until March 23, 2020.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Rogozin and Others in Volgograd","date":"2020-01-23T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/volgograd/index.html#20200123","regions":["volgograd"],"tags":["first-instance","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"After two days of keeping the believer behind bars, the court chooses a measure of restraint for him: a ban on certain actions. Vitaliy Omelchenko is forbidden to communicate with witnesses in the case and use means of communication, including the Internet. The case is being considered in a closed court session, none of Omelchenko's many friends and relatives are allowed into the courtroom.\nAccording to the decision of the judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court of the city of Murmansk, Igor Busorgin, \"Omelchenko is suspected of committing a serious crime against the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the state, characterized by a high degree of public danger, the sanction for which provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of more than 3 years.\"\n","caseTitle":"Case of Omelchenko in Murmansk","date":"2020-01-22T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/murmansk/index.html#20200122","regions":["murmansk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On December 26, 2019, the Volgograd Regional Court released Igor Yegozaryan, Valery Rogozin and Sergey Melnik from the pre-trial detention center. A day later, a similar decision was made on Vyacheslav Osipov. Their detention has been replaced by a ban on certain actions.\nFour civilians in Volgograd were imprisoned on May 16, 2019, after a raid and mass arrests for their faith. All of them are charged under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an extremist organization) just because they have not stopped practicing their religion.\nRelatives of believers are happy to be reunited with their loved ones, but the criminal case against them continues to be investigated.\n","category":"restriction","date":"2019-12-27T15:12:55+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/12/1508/15082_hu_ab887ae40d96d39e.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/12/1508/15082_hu_807bcd4a1663a9d0.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/12/1508/15082_hu_80999e373758ff23.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/12/1508/15082_hu_af4e8f48668c5c1f.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/12/1508.html","regions":["volgograd"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["appeal","prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"All four prisoners of conscience were released from pre-trial detention center in Volgograd ","type":"news"},{"body":"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.\nWhile 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.\nEarlier, 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.\nAdditional 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.\"\n","category":"restriction","date":"2019-12-25T17:48:03+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/12/1503/mahnev2_0_hu_1701912f0fa9233.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/12/1503/mahnev2_0_hu_e72f6e8247573e5c.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/12/1503/mahnev2_0_hu_344b0439ca295fcd.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/12/1503/mahnev2_0_hu_1fe442f870c091a5.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/12/1503.html","regions":["kaluga"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"In Kaluga, the second believer, Roman Makhnev, left the pre-trial detention center ","type":"news"},{"body":"As a result of the court hearing on the extension of the measure of restraint for all six believers, the judge of the Leninsky District Court of Ulyanovsk decides: to extend the term of the measure of restraint for Mysin Sergey and Zelensky Mikhail in the form of a ban on certain actions until 02/21/2020, and for Khoren Khachikyan, Mysina Natalia, Andrey Tabakov and Alexander Ganin until 02/23/2020.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2019-12-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20191218","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On December 5, 2019, the judge of the Neftekumskiy District Court, Oleg Kuts, released the believers from custody in the courtroom. All three were assigned a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. They spent almost a year in the pre-trial detention center.\nThe mitigation of the measure of restraint was petitioned by the investigator of the FSB Directorate for the Stavropol Territory, A. Astakhov, who investigates the \"criminal\" religion of young people. According to him, now believers will not be able to interfere with the investigation, since most of the necessary investigative actions have been completed.\nNow Akopov, Sultanov and Samsonov will be able to live at home and even work, but they will have to wear special sensors that record their movements. They are forbidden to use mail, telephone and the Internet, communicate with witnesses in the case and change their place of residence.\nThe criminal case against the three Neftekumians is just one of 116 cases brought against peaceful believers across Russia. As a result of these religious persecutions, 8 people have already received prison sentences, others have been fined heavily. Three believers were acquitted.\n","category":"restriction","date":"2019-12-06T14:11:48+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/12/1455/stavropolcy_montazhnaya_oblast_1_edited_hu_a587327df3da6689.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/12/1455/stavropolcy_montazhnaya_oblast_1_edited_hu_c4357cec489a62bd.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/12/1455/stavropolcy_montazhnaya_oblast_1_edited_hu_48974b276f1539e5.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/12/1455/stavropolcy_montazhnaya_oblast_1_edited_hu_176ffba78374dd6d.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/12/1455.html","regions":["stavropol"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["sizo","prohibition-of-actions","ankle-tag"],"title":"Aleksandr Akopov, Shamil Sultanov and Konstantin Samsonov were released from pre-trial detention center in Neftekumsk. They were put on electronic bracelets ","type":"news"},{"body":"Judge of the Neftekumskiy District Court Oleg Kuts releases Aleksandr Akopov, Shamil Sultanov and Konstantin Samsonov from custody right in the courtroom. They were assigned a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions (a ban on using mail, telephone and the Internet, communicating with witnesses in the case and changing their place of residence). By that time, Sultanov and Samsonov had spent 362 days in the pre-trial detention center, and Akopov had spent 359 days.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Samsonov and Others in Neftekumsk","date":"2019-12-05T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/neftekumsk/index.html#20191205","regions":["stavropol"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions is extended until 03.02.2020.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zavrazhnov in Nizhniy Novgorod","date":"2019-11-29T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/nizhniy-novgorod/index.html#20191129","regions":["nizhegorod"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On October 18, 2019, Stanislav Salnikov, judge of the Pervorechensky District Court of Vladivostok, decided to soften Dmitry Barmakin's preventive measure. After 447 days in jail, Dmitry Barmakin returned to his wife. He is forbidden to change his place of residence, communicate with a number of persons, receive mail and use means of communication.\nThe criminal case against Dmitry Barmakin in connection with his religion is being heard in court.\n","category":"restriction","date":"2019-10-18T12:24:05+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/10/1262/191018_barmakin_hu_786847149042de64.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/10/1262/191018_barmakin.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/10/1262/191018_barmakin_hu_e5d078d1354471e9.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/10/1262/191018_barmakin_hu_27db719690365470.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/10/1262.html","regions":["primorye"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"Dmitry Barmakin returned to his wife after 447 days in jail. The court reduced his restraint to a ban on certain actions","type":"news"},{"body":"The court releases Dmitriy Barmakin from custody. He spent 447 days in jail. The prison sentence has been replaced by the prohibition of certain actions.\nAgent provocateur Petrova, recruited by the FSB to attend meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses, is interrogated. Detective Gaifullin is present during the interrogation, stands behind the witness. The prosecution witness is tense and clearly biased against the believers. Nevertheless, Petrova testifies that Dmitry Barmakin never called for extremism. She did not receive any threats. The Supreme Court did not prohibit the Jehovah's Witnesses' creeds or their joint meetings.\nThe next meeting is scheduled for December 6, 2019.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Barmakin in Vladivostok","date":"2019-10-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/vladivostok2/index.html#20191018","regions":["primorye"],"tags":["sizo","prohibition-of-actions","interrogation","secret-witness"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court leaves the preventive measures the same for all six accused and extends them for another two months. Believers prepare appeals.\nSergey Mysin is hospitalized in connection with another exacerbation of the disease. In view of this, he is not present at the trial, his interests are represented by a lawyer.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2019-10-14T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20191014","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Moskovsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod extends Zavrazhnov's ban on certain actions until 03.12.2019.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zavrazhnov in Nizhniy Novgorod","date":"2019-09-16T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/nizhniy-novgorod/index.html#20190916","regions":["nizhegorod"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On August 22, 2019, the Court of Appeal of Khanty-Mansiysk changed the measure of restraint for Andrey Sazonov from house arrest to prohibition of certain actions. Judge Natalia Pashayeva ruled that \"the decision of the court of first instance is not based on objective data and contradicts the articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation.\"\nNow the believer is forbidden to communicate with \"people related to the criminal case\", send and receive correspondence, use the Internet and telephone according to the circumstances of the criminal case. Meanwhile, the case against Andrey Sazonov, initiated on January 31, 2019, continues to be investigated. He still faces up to 10 years in prison for believing in God under two parts of Article 282.2 (1 and 2) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.\nEarlier, the deputy head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug M. Kartoev, in whose proceedings the criminal case is located, appealed to the court with a petition to extend the term of house arrest of Andrei Sazonov until September 30, 2019. However, Judge Pashayeva came to the conclusion that the decision of the court of first instance to extend the measure of restraint in the form of house arrest is not based on objective data and contradicts several articles of the Criminal Procedure Code at once. In particular, there is no evidence that Andrei Sazonov obstructed the investigation or plans to do so in the future. In addition, the court of first instance did not take into account the state of health of the accused, who requires surgery. Attention is drawn to the positive characteristics of the accused, his social adaptation, the availability of his own housing and family.\nAndrey Sazonov has learned all the facets of criminal prosecution. Previously, he spent 20 days in a pre-trial detention center, 178 days under house arrest with a bracelet on his leg, and now he is deprived of the opportunity to communicate freely. All this is due to the fact that the authorities consider the peaceful practice of religion to be \"extremist activities.\" Andrey is an engineer by profession, married, has a son and a daughter.\nAt the moment, 22 believers in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug are involved in criminal cases on the basis of religion. Meanwhile, the Russian Government confirmed that the decisions of the Russian courts on the liquidation and prohibition of their organizations \"do not assess the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses, do not contain a restriction or prohibition to practice the above teachings individually.\"\n","category":"restriction","date":"2019-08-26T13:32:11+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/08/1092/3_2_0_hu_fc07bb378cfc75d3.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/08/1092/3_2_0.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/08/1092/3_2_0_hu_b1bdc17dabde8d6f.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/08/1092/3_2_0_hu_dbc27855ea5198a1.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/08/1092.html","regions":["khanty-mansi"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["house-arrest","appeal","prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"Andrey Sazonov was released from house arrest. The court considered that the exemplary father of the family could be at large ","type":"news"},{"body":"Deputy Head of the Department - Head of the First Investigation Department of the Department for the Investigation of Especially Important Cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra M. Kartoev petitions for the extension of Andrey Sazonov's preventive measure until September 30, 2019. However, the Court of Appeal of Khanty-Mansiysk releases the accused from house arrest, under which he spent 209 days with a bracelet on his leg. The Court considers that the decision of the court of first instance is biased and contradicts several articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. There is no evidence that Sazonov is obstructing the investigation or plans to do so in the future. The court also takes into account Andrey's state of health, his social adaptation, the availability of his own housing and family. The measure of restraint has been replaced by a ban on certain actions. The believer is forbidden to communicate with \"people related to the criminal case\", send and receive correspondence, use the Internet and telephone according to the circumstances of the criminal case.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Sazonov in Uray","date":"2019-08-22T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/uray/index.html#20190822","regions":["khanty-mansi"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"A hearing is underway to extend the measure of restraint for Sergey Mysin, Alexander Ganin, Mikhail Zelensky and Andrey Tabakov.\nThe court softens the measure of restraint for Sergey Mysin from house arrest to a ban on certain actions. Now he can leave the house from 8:00 to 20:00 hours.\nThe ban on certain actions of Mikhail Zelensky and Oleksandr Ganin has been extended until 21.10.2019 and until 23.10.2019, respectively.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2019-08-16T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20190816","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Nizhny Novgorod District Court of Nizhny Novgorod chooses a measure of restraint for Zavrazhnov in the form of a ban on certain actions with certain restrictions.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zavrazhnov in Nizhniy Novgorod","date":"2019-07-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/nizhniy-novgorod/index.html#20190718","regions":["nizhegorod"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Manushakyan, Malyanov and Konshin are banned from certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Malyanov and Others in Nizhny Novgorod","date":"2019-07-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/nizhniy-novgorod2/index.html#20190718","regions":["nizhegorod"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Nizhny Novgorod District Court of Nizhny Novgorod rejects the investigator's request for the arrest of Sergey Verkhoturov and decides to immediately release him from custody in the courtroom. The court chooses a milder measure of restraint for Sergey - a ban on certain actions. The believer is forbidden to leave the home after 21:00, use means of communication and communicate with other citizens.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Verhoturov in Nizhny Novgorod","date":"2019-07-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/nizhniy-novgorod4/index.html#20190718","regions":["nizhegorod"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Investigator Oleg Makerov brings Vladimir Manushakyan as an accused. Manushakyan, Malyanov and Konshin are banned from certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"Manushakyan's case in Nizhny Novgorod","date":"2019-07-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/nizhniy-novgorod9/index.html#20190718","regions":["nizhegorod"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On July 2, 2019, a court in Krasnoyarsk released Andrey Stupnikov, who had been held under house arrest for his faith. Now he will be able to move freely.\nJudge of the Leninsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk, Svetlana Sakovich, decided to release 45-year-old Andrey Stupnikov from house arrest and\u0026nbsp;choose a preventive measure for him in the form of a ban on certain actions. He is not allowed to use the mail and\u0026nbsp;the Internet, as well as to communicate with witnesses interrogated in his criminal case.\u0026nbsp;\nAndrey's friends and relatives do not hide their joy at his release, but the criminal case against him has not been closed. The believer still faces up to 10 years in\u0026nbsp;prison for organizing extremist activities (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This is how law enforcement agencies interpret conversations with friends on biblical topics.\u0026nbsp;\nThe criminal case against Andrey Stupnikov was initiated on July 3, 2018. He spent 241 days in the pre-trial detention center, and in February 2019, the court transferred him to house arrest. His case was the first criminal case in the Krasnoyarsk Territory initiated on the basis of religious affiliation. Two other residents of the region who are suspected by the authorities of practicing the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are in a similar situation: Dmitry Maslov in Minusinsk and Anton Ostapenko, who is still being held in\u0026nbsp;a pre-trial detention center in Achinsk. Russian and international human rights organizations and public figures strongly\u0026nbsp;condemn religious repression in Russia.\u0026nbsp;\n","category":"restriction","date":"2019-07-03T16:23:26+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/07/945/stupnikov_krasnoyarsk3350_0_0_hu_c8a6b7d9cda3308c.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/07/945/stupnikov_krasnoyarsk3350_0_0.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/07/945/stupnikov_krasnoyarsk3350_0_0_hu_b368a2d2e95b8645.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/07/945/stupnikov_krasnoyarsk3350_0_0_hu_b038b741131e2f1.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/07/945.html","regions":["krasnoyarsk"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"Krasnoyarsk believer released from house arrest ","type":"news"},{"body":"Judge of the Leninsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk, Svetlana Sakovich, orders Stupnikov's release from house arrest and chooses a preventive measure for him in the form of a ban on certain actions. He is not allowed to use the mail and the Internet, as well as to communicate with witnesses interrogated in his criminal case.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Stupnikov in Krasnoyarsk","date":"2019-07-02T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/krasnoyarsk4/index.html#20190702","regions":["krasnoyarsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court extends the measure of restraint for the spouses Mysin, as well as Tabakov, Khachikyan, Zelensky for two months. Andrey Tabakov and Sergey Mysin remain under house arrest. Mikhail Zelensky, Natalia Mysina and Khoren Khachikyan are banned from certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2019-06-17T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20190617","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions","house-arrest"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"A second court hearing is being held on the election of a measure of restraint for Alexander Ganin. It is left the same - the prohibition of certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2019-06-14T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20190614","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"As of May 24, 2019, 43 women and 157 men across Russia are facing criminal prosecution in connection with the ban imposed on Jehovah's Witnesses organizations in 2017. Exactly half of the victims - 100 people - were sent to Russian prisons. There are 132 people in the status of \"accused\", 64 people as \"suspect\", 3 people as \"defendant\" and 1 person as \"convicted\" (sentenced to 6 years in prison). The following are the main facts and figures.\nAge. 34 people are over 60 years old, 8 people are over 70. The youngest of those who suffer for their faith is 19, the oldest is 85. Many have adult or minor children.\nActivities. All victims of criminal prosecution are ordinary working people, pensioners, entrepreneurs. Some work as drivers, builders, welders, among them there is at least one agronomist, hydrologist, miner, BelAZ driver, mining excavator driver, railroad worker, stove bricklayer, design engineer, poster artist, portrait photographer, system administrator, deputy general director of an energy company, systems engineer in a hospital, translator from Chinese and many others.\nChosen measure of restraint. 32 people are being held in prisons (the remaining 68 preventive measures have been mitigated), 25 people are under house arrest, 14 people are under a ban on certain actions, 74 people have been recognized not to leave, 4 people have given an obligation to appear. 2 people were taken into custody in absentia and are wanted.\nGeography of persecution for faith. Criminal cases for faith have been initiated in 38 regions of Russia, namely: Amur, Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Volgograd, Ivanovo, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Magadan, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Saratov, Sakhalin, Sverdlovsk, Smolensk, Tomsk, Ulyanovsk regions; Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorsky, Stavropol, Khabarovsk Territories; the republics of Kabardino-Balkaria, Bashkortostan, Crimea, Mordovia, Sakha (Yakutia), Tatarstan, Khakassia; Jewish Autonomous Region and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.\nWho is not included in the statistics? This list does not include those who have been searched, who have been and are being monitored, who have eavesdropping or spying devices in their homes, but have not been charged. For 2 years, more than 430 searches have been carried out in the homes of believers in Russia. A search turns an innocent person's life into a nightmare, undermines his health, causes deep emotional trauma and casts a shadow on his reputation in the eyes of neighbors, employers and others. How people feel when they are raided and their loved ones are imprisoned is described in the videos \"Ruthless Searches and Arrests of Believers in Kirov\", \"Arrests of Believers Throughout Russia\" and \"Dzhankoy After the Raid: How Persecution Cripples the Lives of Believers\".\nThe two hundredth was Alexander Parkov, arrested for his faith during a special operation on May 22, 2019 in Rostov-on-Don.\nLaw enforcement officers inappropriately call the religion of citizens participation in the activities of an extremist organization. Prominent public figures of Russia, the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, the President of the Russian Federation, as well as international organizations - the foreign policy service of the European Union, observers of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - drew attention to this problem . Jehovah's Witnesses have nothing to do with extremism and insist on their complete innocence. The Russian government has repeatedly stated that the decisions of the Russian courts on the liquidation and prohibition of organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses \"do not assess the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses, do not contain a restriction or prohibition to practice the above teachings individually.\"\nThe actions of law enforcement agencies create all the prerequisites for the list of those persecuted for their faith to be replenished. Information about most of them can be found in the \"Prisoners of Conscience\" section of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia website.\n","category":"analytics","date":"2019-05-24T16:42:05+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/05/878/allprisoners_hu_9180fc64711438f5.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/05/878/allprisoners_hu_a81b2debc1167ec6.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/05/878/allprisoners_hu_4a2701ebb8bf028a.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/05/878/allprisoners_hu_80a8bb9ea83176c8.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/05/878.html","regions":["moscow"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["review","analytics","statistics","elderly","liberty-deprivation","house-arrest","recognizance-agreement","summon","prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"The number of Jehovah's Witnesses under criminal prosecution has reached 200","type":"news"},{"body":"On May 20, 2019, the Frunzensky District Court of Saratov, chaired by Judge Igor Dyuzhakov, released from custody in the courtroom Konstantin Bazhenov, Aleksey Budenchuk and Felix Makhammadiyev, who had been in jail since June 12, 2018. They are still charged under Article 282.2 (1) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of extremist activity), but the measure of restraint for them has been changed to a ban on certain actions. They must wear bracelets and cannot leave the house at night, communicate with other defendants in the criminal case, use the telephone and the Internet.\nBelievers are grateful to the court, which finally realized that there is no reason to keep civilians behind bars just for their religion. In December 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians and the reasons for their persecution are unclear.\n","category":"restriction","date":"2019-05-21T17:33:55+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/05/860/5409233326143702399_1266861724630_0_hu_7e5697ef7d78f726.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/05/860/5409233326143702399_1266861724630_0_hu_377e583aef420a4f.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/05/860/5409233326143702399_1266861724630_0_hu_e952c6ebe3fad2f0.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/05/860/5409233326143702399_1266861724630_0_hu_b9a47dbf21550e46.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/05/860.html","regions":["saratov"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["sizo","282.2-1","prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"Almost a year of believers behind bars has ended in Saratov","type":"news"},{"body":"The judge of the Frunzensky District Court of the city of Saratov, Igor Dyuzhakov , releases Konstantin Bazhenov, Aleksey Budenchuk and Felix Makhammadiev from custody in the courtroom, changing their measure of restraint to a ban on certain actions.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Bazhenov and Others in Saratov","date":"2019-05-20T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/saratov/index.html#20190520","regions":["saratov"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On May 16, 2019, the judge of the Leninsky District Court of the city of Ulyanovsk, Yulia Poladova, chose a measure of restraint for 62-year-old Alexander Ganin - a ban until June 23 to leave the house from 16:00 to 9:00 the next day, use the telephone and the Internet, as well as communicate with participants in criminal proceedings.\nEarlier, on May 15, 2019, at 5:50 a.m. local time, FSB officers came to Alexander's house in Novoulyanovsk and searched him. Aleksandr himself was placed in a temporary detention center.\nAleksandr Ganin became the sixth believer in Ulyanovsk to be prosecuted for his faith. He is charged under Article 282.2 Part 2 (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization). The cases of all six were merged into one criminal proceeding. According to the investigation, the Ulyanovsk believers were engaged in \"popularizing the ideas of Jehovah's Witnesses, promoting the superiority of these ideas over other religious teachings.\" Such an absurd accusation was made despite the fact that the Government of the Russian Federation clearly stated that the decisions of the Russian courts on the liquidation of organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses \"do not assess the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses, do not contain a restriction or prohibition to practice the above teachings individually.\"\n","category":"restriction","date":"2019-05-17T17:03:17+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/05/853/190215_surgut2759_0_hu_407b0352f7f3df8a.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/05/853/190215_surgut2759_0.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/05/853/190215_surgut2759_0_hu_5a72f0b834530009.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/05/853/190215_surgut2759_0_hu_2f601db844bdf09d.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/05/853.html","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["ivs","search","282.2-2","prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"In Ulyanovsk, the court released the believer from the detention center, but with the condition","type":"news"},{"body":"The judge of the Leninsky District Court of the city of Ulyanovsk, Yulia Poladova, chooses for Ganin a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions: until June 23, he is obliged to stay at home from 16:00 to 9:00 the next day, he cannot use the telephone and the Internet, as well as communicate with participants in criminal proceedings.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2019-05-16T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20190516","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court softens the measure of restraint for Mikhail Zelensky. House arrest has been replaced by a ban on certain actions. He can not use the phone, Internet, mail, and leave the house at night - from 20:00 to 8:00 the next day.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2019-04-22T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20190422","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"At the court hearing, the court chooses a measure of restraint for Natalia Mysina and Khoren Khachikyan in the form of a ban on certain actions. Natalia is not allowed to leave the house from 20:00 to 7:00 the next day, as well as use any means of communication. Khoren is also forbidden to use mail, telephone, Internet and leave the house from 19:00 to 7:00 the next day.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2019-04-19T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20190419","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Court hearings are being held as a measure of restraint for Sergey Mysin and Andrey Tabakov. About 70 people come to support the defendants, but only a few of them manage to attend the trial. Sergey's lawyer is petitioning for the defendant to be placed under house arrest, and the prosecution is requesting an extension of the terms of detention in the pre-trial detention center. The court satisfies the lawyer's petition, deciding to soften the measure of restraint for Sergey Mysin and transfer him to house arrest from April 23, 2019.\nOn the same day, the judge of the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Ulyanovsk, Dmitry Guryanov, chooses a preventive measure for Andrey Tabakov in the form of a ban on certain actions for 2 months, that is, until June 23, 2019 inclusive.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Zelenskiy and Others in Ulyanovsk","date":"2019-04-18T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/ulyanovsk/index.html#20190418","regions":["ulyanovsk"],"tags":["house-arrest","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On April 11, 2019, at 00:01, Sergey Loginov and Yevgeny Fedin, who had been behind bars since February 15, were released from custody. Two days earlier, the Surgut City Court refused to extend the investigators' detention.\nSergey Loginov, 57, is one of 7 Surgut residents who reported torture in the building of the Investigative Committee. On the fact of the incident, complaint No. 10618/19 \"Loginov and others v. Russia\" was filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The ECHR continues to consider this complaint.\nUpdate. The Surgut City Court imposed a ban on both believers to leave their homes at night, communicate with other defendants in the case, use mail, telephone and the Internet. This ban came into force after their release from the pre-trial detention center.\n","category":"restriction","date":"2019-04-12T11:30:35+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/04/749/lori-0000576000-bigwww-crop_0_hu_3bc6f4d778dccff8.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/04/749/lori-0000576000-bigwww-crop_0.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/04/749/lori-0000576000-bigwww-crop_0_hu_993ee1c30ce119f8.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/04/749/lori-0000576000-bigwww-crop_0_hu_afa4eaaf97eb7aa8.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/04/749.html","regions":["khanty-mansi"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["sizo","prohibition-of-actions","complaints","echr"],"title":"In Surgut, a court released both Jehovah's Witnesses who remained in jail","type":"news"},{"body":"Sergey Loginov and Yevgeniy Fedin, who have been behind bars since February 15, 2019, are released from custody. Immediately after leaving the pre-trial detention center, the Surgut City Court imposed on both believers a ban on leaving the house at night, communicating with other defendants in the case, using mail, telephone and the Internet.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Loginov and Others in Surgut","date":"2019-04-11T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/surgut/index.html#20190411","regions":["khanty-mansi"],"tags":["sizo","prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The Leninsky District Court of Orenburg, chaired by Judge Irina Inozemtseva, refuses the investigator to toughen the measure of restraint for Vladislav Kolbanov and Vladimir Kochnev.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kochnev and Others in Orenburg","date":"2019-04-10T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/orenburg/index.html#20190410","regions":["orenburg"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On the morning of February 18, 2019, unidentified law enforcement officers invaded the house of 39-year-old Arkhangelsk resident Yevgeny Yakku. After the search, he was taken away in an unknown direction and did not return home. Friends managed to find out that on February 19, 2019, a meeting was scheduled for February 19, 2019 in the Lomonosov District Court of Arkhangelsk to elect a preventive measure.\nLaw enforcers mistakenly mistake citizens' religion for participation in the activities of an extremist organization. Prominent public figures of Russia, the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, the President of the Russian Federation, as well as international organizations - the European Union External Action Service, observers of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - drew attention to this problem. Jehovah's Witnesses have nothing to do with extremism and insist on their complete innocence. The Russian government has repeatedly stated that the decisions of the Russian courts on the liquidation and prohibition of organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses \"do not assess the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses, do not contain a restriction or prohibition to practice the above teachings individually.\"\nUpdated: On February 19, 2019, Yevgeny Sharapov, judge of the Lomonosov District Court of Arkhangelsk, imposed a ban on Yevgeniy Yakku from leaving his home at night, holding \"meetings and gatherings\" at home, using the Internet, telephone, mail, and communicating with participants in the criminal proceedings.\n","category":"restriction","date":"2019-02-19T20:50:04+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2019/02/621/depositphotos_21862193_2_0_0_hu_1debe313749f77fb.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2019/02/621/depositphotos_21862193_2_0_0.jpg","webp":"/news/2019/02/621/depositphotos_21862193_2_0_0_hu_4af2bae7720d2a5f.webp","webp2x":"/news/2019/02/621/depositphotos_21862193_2_0_0_hu_c43e9deb960534b8.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2019/02/621.html","regions":["arkhangelsk"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["search","ivs","prohibition-of-actions"],"title":"One of Jehovah's Witnesses Detained in Arkhangelsk","type":"news"},{"body":"The Leninsky District Court of Orenburg lifts some restrictions on believers (to leave their homes at night).\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kochnev and Others in Orenburg","date":"2019-02-12T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/orenburg/index.html#20190212","regions":["orenburg"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court refuses to extend the investigator's preventive measure in the form of a ban on leaving the house at night, using the Internet, telephone, mail and communicating with \"persons professing the teachings of Jehovah.\" Sergey and Valeria Rayman are allowed to live together, to use means of communication. Electronic tracking bracelets have been removed from their legs. ","caseTitle":"Case of the Raymans in Kostroma","date":"2019-01-22T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kostroma2/index.html#20190122","regions":["kostroma"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court extends the restrictions for Sergey and Valeria until January 24, 2019.\n","caseTitle":"Case of the Raymans in Kostroma","date":"2018-12-22T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kostroma2/index.html#20181222","regions":["kostroma"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The measure of restraint has been mitigated, but the prohibition of certain actions remains.\n","caseTitle":"Case of Solovyev in Perm","date":"2018-11-19T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/perm3/index.html#20181119","regions":["perm"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"Sergey Rayman is released from house arrest, having imposed a ban on leaving the house at night, as well as a ban on the Internet, telephone, mail and on communication with \"persons professing the teachings of Jehovah.\"\n","caseTitle":"Case of the Raymans in Kostroma","date":"2018-10-24T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kostroma2/index.html#20181024","regions":["kostroma"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"The court softens the measure of restraint for Vladislav Kolbanov and Vladimir Kochnev. House arrest is replaced by a ban on certain actions (leaving the house at night and communicating with other defendants in the case, including by phone and via the Internet). Kolbanov spent 2 days in the temporary detention facility and 146 days under house arrest. Kochnev spent 78 days in pre-trial detention and 70 days under house arrest.\n","caseTitle":"The Case of Kochnev and Others in Orenburg","date":"2018-10-12T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/orenburg/index.html#20181012","regions":["orenburg"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On September 20, 2018, searches were conducted throughout Kostroma in the homes of citizens suspected of practicing the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. Earlier in this city, after a harsh detention by the National Guard, 22-year-old Sergei Rayman was arrested; his wife Valeria was banned by the court from certain actions.\nDuring the new searches, at least 4 citizens, men and women, were detained and taken for interrogation. They were later released. Presumably, the raids are related to the criminal case against the Rayman spouses, who are accused under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of an extremist organization and participation in the activities of an extremist community) only on the grounds that, according to the investigation, citizens gathered in their house twice to discuss the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses.\n","category":"siloviki","date":"2018-09-21T15:43:39+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2018/09/478/180725_kostroma_vtorzhenie_istochnik_foto_tv_centr38042_hu_4854c360ed913aa2.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2018/09/478/180725_kostroma_vtorzhenie_istochnik_foto_tv_centr38042.jpg","webp":"/news/2018/09/478/180725_kostroma_vtorzhenie_istochnik_foto_tv_centr38042_hu_3b2a93c103894ca4.webp","webp2x":"/news/2018/09/478/180725_kostroma_vtorzhenie_istochnik_foto_tv_centr38042_hu_192e772d263e87d1.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2018/09/478.html","regions":["kostroma"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["search","interrogation","ivs","prohibition-of-actions","families"],"title":"Mass searches in homes of believers in Kostroma","type":"news"},{"body":"The appellate court softens the measure of restraint for Valeria Rayman, lifting the ban on communication with her husband.\n","caseTitle":"Case of the Raymans in Kostroma","date":"2018-08-07T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kostroma2/index.html#20180807","regions":["kostroma"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"},{"body":"On July 26, 2018, 22-year-old Sergey Rayman was sent to jail in Kostroma. His wife Valeria was chosen as a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. The couple are accused of practicing the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses.\nOn July 25, 2018, friends found their apartment empty with signs of a burglary on the door. It became known that Sergey and Valeria were sent to a temporary detention center. On the same day, armed riot police raided the homes of at least two other families suspected of practicing the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. All computers and tablets, a printer and a Bible were seized from citizens. The search, among others, involved law enforcement officers Kuropatkin and Malinin. Law enforcement officers accompanied their actions with caustic comments regarding religion. The case is being investigated by investigator S. Korchashov, from the Central District Department of Kostroma of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.\nOn July 26, 2018, the Sverdlovsk District Court chose a measure of restraint for Sergey Rayman in the form of 2-month detention. The next day, the court chose a preventive measure for Valeria - in the form of a ban on leaving the house at night, a ban on the Internet, telephone and mail, as well as on communication with \"persons professing the teachings of Jehovah.\" The girl was prosecuted under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of an extremist organization and participation in the activities of an extremist community) only on the grounds that, according to the investigation, citizens gathered in her house twice to discuss the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses.\n","category":"restriction","date":"2018-08-03T17:17:22+03:00","duration":null,"image":{"jpg":"/news/2018/08/378/180725_kostroma_vtorzhenie_istochnik_foto_tv_centr38042_0_hu_4854c360ed913aa2.jpg","jpg2x":"/news/2018/08/378/180725_kostroma_vtorzhenie_istochnik_foto_tv_centr38042_0.jpg","webp":"/news/2018/08/378/180725_kostroma_vtorzhenie_istochnik_foto_tv_centr38042_0_hu_3b2a93c103894ca4.webp","webp2x":"/news/2018/08/378/180725_kostroma_vtorzhenie_istochnik_foto_tv_centr38042_0_hu_192e772d263e87d1.webp"},"permalink":"/en/news/2018/08/378.html","regions":["kostroma"],"subtitle":null,"tags":["sizo","prohibition-of-actions","families","282.2-1","282.2-2"],"title":"A young man was arrested in Kostroma for his faith","type":"news"},{"body":"The Sverdlovsk District Court chose a preventive measure for Valeria Rayman in the form of a ban on certain actions (a ban on leaving the house at night, as well as a ban on the Internet, telephone, mail and communication with \"persons professing the teachings of Jehovah\").\n","caseTitle":"Case of the Raymans in Kostroma","date":"2018-07-27T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/en/cases/kostroma2/index.html#20180727","regions":["kostroma"],"tags":["prohibition-of-actions"],"type":"timeline"}]