In Kabardino-Balkaria, a search was carried out in the house of an Adventist pastor

September 13, 2021 became it is known that in the house of the pastor of two churches of Seventh-day Adventist Christians in Maisky and Prokhladnensky districts Kabardino-Balkaria Timofey Boronin was searched. FSB and MIA officers on the basis of the decision of the Prokhladnensky District Court on conducting a search looking for extremist literature.

The security forces took away pastor's smartphone, with which he filmed the search. On the same day they searched Boronin's car in the parking lot near the prayer house and seized five personal books - Bible study literature and health newspapers.

"During the search, Sergei Alexandrovich is an FSB officer, he led the search - he said that "this personal", because earlier the security forces lost administrative cases in against me for what they considered illegal missionary work. Court found that the protocols were illegal and unfounded. During the search, the officer The FSB hinted several times that they could plant something on me , ”said pastor.

He turned to prosecutor's office with a complaint against the actions of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to media reports, in two years Adventist communities in the republic were subjected to inspections five times, after which administrative cases were initiated for the lack of marking on the religious literature. One of these cases was received by the Maisky District Court of the Republic in July.

Sources

• FSB and police searched the house of an Adventist pastor from Kabardino-Balkaria // Credo-press. 2021. 13 September. (With reference to the Caucasus.Realities)
• Case card No. 12-25/2021 // Website of the Maisky District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria. 2021.