After Jehovah's Witnesses in Novocherkassk Were Sentenced, Security Forces Inspected the Home of Yet Another Believer

On October 4, 2024, FSB officers visited a resident of the city of Novocherkassk to inspect his apartment in order to discover signs of extremist activity. At the same time, another group of law enforcement officers went to his workplace.

FSB and police officers, accompanied by an IT specialist and two attesting witnesses, searched for prohibited items and extremist literature. At the request of the security forces, the couple unlocked their phones. Nothing forbidden was found in the computer or mobile devices. Then, during a personal conversation, FSB officer Roman Sukhanov tried to persuade the believer to cooperate with the investigation.

Permission to inspect the premises was issued by Nataliya Remizova, judge of the Novocherkassk City Court. The court's ruling states that the actions of the believer "may contain corpus delicti as specified in Article 282.2(1) of the RF CrC."

Law enforcers interpret citizens practicing religion as participating in the activity of extremist organizations. Three months earlier, a court in Novocherkassk sentenced three of Jehovah's Witnesses to actual imprisonment.