Series of Searches in the Jewish Autonomous Region. Criminal Case Initiated Against a Female Believer

On June 14, 2026, officers of the Investigative Committee and the FSB carried out investigative actions at five addresses in the villages of Leninskoye and Babstovo, located near the border with China.

Law enforcement officers came to see 61-year-old Galina Medvedeva around 6:00 a.m. She was taken for questioning 100 kilometers away, to Birobidzhan, and she returned home only at 9:00 p.m. A criminal case against Galina was initiated on June 10, 2026.

The believers had their personal notes, computer equipment, and means of communication seized.

Since 2018, in the Jewish Autonomous Region, 28 criminal cases have been initiated against 17 women and 15 men who practice the faith of Jehovah's Witnesses. Against one of them, Oleg Postnikov, the Federal Security Service Directorate has already initiated a second case on charges of organizing the activity of an extremist organization.