Case of Ovchar in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy

Case History

In September 2022, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for faith against three residents of Kamchatka: the marital couple Chechulin and Aleksey Ovchar. Later, Ovchar’s criminal case was separated into a separate proceeding, and he was included in the Rosfinmonitoring list. In October 2024, the investigation resumed: Ovchar was interrogated and put under a recognizance agreement.

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    Case initiated Art. 282.2 (1)

    Investigator of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kamchatka Territory D. M. Petukhov initiates a criminal case against Aleksey Ovchar and the married couple Chechulin. According to the investigator, the unlawful actions were expressed in "convening meetings, organizing collective religious speeches and services, in accordance with the ideology of the religious association of Jehovah's Witnesses at these meetings."

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    Rosfinmonitoring
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    Art. 282.2 (1)

    The criminal case against Aleksey Ovchar is separated from the case of Sergey and Yelena Chechulin.

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    The preliminary investigation of the criminal case of Oleksiy Ovchar has been suspended.

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    Recognizance agreement Interrogation

    Investigator V. V. Mikhailov resumes the investigation against Aleksey Ovchar. He is being questioned as a suspect and his wife as a witness in the case. The investigator takes a recognizance agreement from the believer.

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    Interrogation

    Investigator Mikhailov charges Aleksey Ovchar and interrogates him again.

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