Two alleged followers of Jehovah's Witnesses were arrested in Smolensk

On October 9, the Leninsky District Court of Smolensk arrested until November 19 two alleged followers of Jehovah's Witnesses, Maria Troshina and Natalia Sorokina. This was reported on October 15 on a website covering the persecution of believers.

published The women are accused of participating in a religious association banned in Russia (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Both were placed in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the Smolensk region.

On October 7, the FSB, together with Center “E” and SOBR soldiers, conducted searches in the apartments of Sychevka residents. After this, Troshina and Sorokina were detained.

• 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