In Udmurtia, a court placed a Jehovah's Witness under house arrest

On May 14, the Industrial District Court of Izhevsk chose a preventive measure for Alexander Kutin in the form of house arrest. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this.

Earlier, on April 29, the Supreme Court of the Udmurt Republic granted Kutin's appeal. The judge decided to release the believer from custody in the courtroom and transfer the materials of the case of Jehovah's Witnesses for a new trial to the Industrial District Court of Izhevsk.

Kutin was held in a pre-trial detention center for 16 days on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

• On April 14, 2021, searches were carried out in Izhevsk at 12 addresses of Jehovah's Witnesses, including Alexander Kutin. After this, the believer was placed in custody.
• On April 20, 2017, the Russian Supreme Court recognized the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” and its branches as extremist organizations and banned their activities, also ordering the confiscation of their property. After this decision , mass criminal prosecutions of supporters of the religious organization began.