Five followers of Jehovah's Witnesses were arrested in Kirov

The Pervomaisky court of Kirov arrested five followers of the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses for two months. This is what “7×7” is about.

reports All five are suspected of organizing a religious association banned in Russia (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and financing extremist activities (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). The defendants in the case have already been taken to pre-trial detention center No. 2.

According to investigators, the suspects gathered in apartments to sing biblical songs, improve missionary skills, study prohibited religious literature, and collected money - “more than 500 thousand rubles” - to pay rent for housing and “other premises” for meetings, bought equipment and transferred money to the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia.”

Human rights activist Evgeny Kokoulin told the publication that among those arrested there is a Polish citizen. The consul of this country was not present at the meeting.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee of the Kirov Region reported that during a search two grenades and a mine were seized from one of the suspects. At the meeting, information was heard that in fact they belonged not to him, but to him. A criminal case was opened upon the discovery of the weapon, and it was separated into separate proceedings.

The SOVA center disseminated to a search engine relative that the persons involved in the case were Polish citizen Andrzej Onischuk, Vladimir Korobeinikov, Andrei Suvorkov, Evgeniy Suvorkov and Maxim Khalturin.

UPD 18:57 Information and analyticalreports 50-year-old, 65-year-old, 25-year-old, 40-year-old, 44-year-old on the Jehovah's Witnesses website that during the search, law enforcement officers seized fragments of ineffective rusted shells from the Great Patriotic War. They belong to pensioner Vladimir Bogomolov, who is fond of antiques. His wife is the only one in the family to profess the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses.

UPD 20:17 reported It is noted that followers of Jehovah's Witnesses generally do not take up arms for religious reasons.

• On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court liquidated the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia. In August, all organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses were added to the list of prohibited organizations. Now their followers are becoming defendants in criminal cases. admitted introduced - talked about the followers of Jehovah's Witnesses under the ban and how they. OVD-Info life pursued