Taganrog court sends Jehovah's Witness to pretrial detention for two months

In Taganrog, a court sent Jehovah's Witness Valery Tibiy to a pretrial detention facility for two months in a case of organizing the activities of an extremist organization or participating in it (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Information about this is on the website "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia".

Security forces detained Tibiy on May 18. The court hearing on the measure of restraint took place the following day.

The case against Valery Tibiy and another believer, Vladimir Moiseenko, on April 20. According to investigators, the suspects took an active part in organizing the work of the local cell of Jehovah's Witnesses and involved residents of Taganrog in extremist activities.

initiated 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. At the same time, searches were conducted at Valery Tibiy and other Taganrog Jehovah's Witnesses.

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, the Information and Analytical Center "Sova" was issued .

notes Valery Tibia was transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don. This was reported by Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. It is noted that he can now receive letters.

May 27 write - 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" in the list of banned. After that, criminal cases against representatives of the confession began. admitted 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