Two more suspects have emerged in the Taganrog case of Jehovah's Witnesses

Two more suspects have appeared in the Taganrog case of Jehovah's Witnesses - believers Vladimir Moiseenko and Valery Tibiy. This was reported on April 19 by the Telegram channel "Che po Rostovu?"

reported The case was opened under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization or participation in it (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, the suspects took an active part in organizing the work of a local cell of Jehovah's Witnesses and involved residents of Taganrog in extremist activities.

At the end of December 2021, a believer from Taganrog, Alexander Skvortsov, was accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and was taken into custody.

In 2015, Skvortsov was given a five-and-a-half-year suspended sentence for his membership in Jehovah's Witnesses. He was found guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and involving a minor in committing a crime (Part 4 of Article 150 of the Criminal Code). Moiseenko was also tried in the same case; he was sentenced to a fine of 70,000 rubles on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

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The Taganrog community of Jehovah's Witnesses was recognized as extremist back in 2009, before the general ban on the activities of the Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, "Sova", was issued.

notes - April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court "Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia" extremist organization, liquidated it and banned its activities in Russia. In August, all organizations of "Jehovah's Witnesses" were included in the list of banned. After that, criminal cases against representatives of the confession began. recognized contributed a stream - Rosfinmonitoring hundreds of Russian followers of "Jehovah's Witnesses" to the list of extremists and terrorists. Most of the people on the list are believers from 40 to 60 years old. They are under investigation or sentenced to various punishments under Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization or participation in the activities of an extremist organization). contributed