Jehovah's Witness from Tambov faces final charges

The Investigative Committee has completed its investigation of the case against Jehovah's Witness from Tambov Oleg Sirotkin, and the believer has been finally charged. Information and Analytical Center "Sova" about this.

The man is charged with organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The case against the believer was opened in September 2021.

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According to investigators, Sirotkin “convened meetings, organized speeches, collected funds and carried out preaching activities.”

• 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. Later, all organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses were added to the list of prohibited ones. After this, criminal cases began against representatives of the confession. Most of the people on the list are believers between 40 and 60 years old. admitted contributed the flow