Maykop Police Continues Raids on Jehovah's Witnesses for the Second Month

It became known that in the period from April 19 to April 26, 2022, searches were carried out in Maykop at local believers at at least five addresses. Some of them were interrogated by the Investigative Committee.

On the evening of April 19, a group of seven law enforcers searched the home of a local resident. Her computer, laptop and phone were confiscated. Law enforcers were interested in whether worship services of Jehovah's Witnesses were held in her house and whether she knew Maykop believers who were under investigation. After the search, the woman was interrogated at the Investigative Committee.

On April 25, another believer was searched, and electronic devices were also seized. The next day, members of the Investigative Committee raided the homes of three other families of Jehovah's Witnesses. One believer was taken for interrogation to the Investigative Committee, and his phone was seized. The investigator was interested in whether he had participated in home worship services.

Investigative measures were carried out under the leadership of the investigator of the Investigative Committee for the city of Maikop V. Shnakhov. The searches were authorized by the Maykop City Court a month earlier.

Earlier, two residents of Maykop were prosecuted, and another believer found his name on the list of extremists of Rosfinmonitoring.