Series of Searches in the Jewish Autonomous Region. Criminal Case Initiated Against a 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, near the Chinese border.

Law enforcement officers arrived at the home of Galina Medvedeva, 61, around 6:00 a.m. She was taken for interrogation to Birobidzhan, 100 kilometers away, and returned home only at 9:00 p.m. A criminal case against Galina was initiated on June 10, 2026.

Personal notes, computer equipment, and means of communication were seized from the believers.

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