The court extended the preventive measure for Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd

On August 31, the Traktorozavodsky District Court of Volgograd extended the ban on certain actions of Jehovah's Witnesses accused of being an extremist organization. The Caucasian Knot reports this.

Valery Rogozin, Sergei Melnik, Igor Egozaryan, Vyacheslav Osipov and Denis Peresunko were extended the ban on the use of communication means until December 9. All of them are accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), Rogozin, Osipov and Peresunko are also accused of sponsoring it (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code).

At the meeting, they listened to the results of a psychological and linguistic religious examination. The bailiffs did not allow relatives of the accused into the hall, citing restrictions due to the coronavirus epidemic. The next meeting will take place in October.

• The FSB detained seven Jehovah's Witnesses on May 16, 2019, then placed four of them under arrest, the fifth, Denis Peresunko, was taken into custody in August, two more remained as witnesses. In December, the measure of restraint for those arrested was changed to a ban on certain actions. The court began considering their case at the beginning of 2020.
• On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court recognized the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” as an extremist organization, liquidated it and banned its activities in Russia. In August, all Jehovah's Witnesses organizations were added to the list of prohibited organizations. After this, a stream of criminal cases against representatives of the confession began. In February 2019, the court handed down its first sentence with real imprisonment - Danish citizen Dennis Christensen was sentenced to six years in prison, his complaint was accepted for consideration by the ECHR.