Alleged members of AUM Shinrikyo were put on the international wanted list and arrested in absentia

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested in absentia three alleged participants and organizers of a cell of the terrorist organization AUM Shinrikyo. About this on the court's website. The following were taken into custody in absentia: E. Melnikova and V. Stepanov, who are suspected of organizing a terrorist community (Part 1 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code); Andrey Afrosin, suspected of participation in a terrorist community (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code).

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The hearing on the arrest of another alleged member of the terrorist organization - A. Dosmagulov (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code) - was postponed until October 29.

On October 6, the Investigative Committee launched an international search for five alleged members of the terrorist organization AUM Shinrikyo. In addition to those listed above, the message also mentions Askerova. At the moment it is unknown whether the court has chosen a preventive measure against her.

announced Andrei Afrosin was the hero of “Witnesses of Asahara. New case “AUM Shinrikyo”. In the material he appeared under the name Peter, but after he was arrested in absentia, Afrosin agreed to de-anonymization. In April 2017, Afrosin was summoned for questioning by the Investigative Committee. There he was beaten, threatened and forced to testify. After the interrogation, Afrosin left Russia.

text OVD-InfoAfter it became known that Afrosin was put on the international wanted list and arrested in absentia, I took a comment from him.

OVD-InfoAfrosin said that he considers the criminal case to be fabricated. He refused to answer the question of whether he knows of those put on the wanted list. According to Afrosin, his answer “may help the investigation.” In response to the question why they came to him, Afrosin suggested: “Probably because I am an easy target for the FSB. I have an interest in yoga and Buddhism and have been active on social media. He constantly took part in discussions on the topics of Eastern teachings and Buddhism, reposted and liked. I was also familiar with Igor Polyakov, whom the investigation tried to expose as a member of the sect and who had been under surveillance since March 2015. Thus, as I believe, FSB officers discovered me and considered me an ideal person involved in this criminal case, and during interrogations they constantly threatened to expose me as an organizer of a terrorist community if I refused to testify against other people. It is easier to accuse such a person of non-existent crimes than to actually fight real terrorism. It was amazing to me how much time and effort the special services spent on surveillance, threats, beatings and torture with electric shocks, pressure on relatives and numerous searches (me and my parents alone had three searches). Although I am not a criminal, and everything that was happening looked like a serious absurdity to me.”

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somehow - In May 2018, the Basmanny court of Mikhail Ustyantsev, who is suspected of organizing the terrorist cell “AUM Shinrikyo” in Moscow (Part 1 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). arrested - Based on the activities of the organization “AUM Shinrikyo” in 2015, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the creation of a non-profit organization encroaching on the personality and rights of citizens (Part 1 of Article 239 of the Criminal Code). In 2016, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized AUM Shinrikyo and its Aleph as terrorist organizations. successor organization