Case History
Viktor Velikov from Solnechnogorsk first faced criminal prosecution in September 2023, when his home was searched. In April 2025, the law enforcement officers searched his family home again. The believer was taken for interrogation to the Investigative Committee of Moscow, after which he was placed in a temporary detention facility for 2 days. Viktor was charged with financing the activity of an extremist organization. At the same time, a search was carried out in Tver at the home of Andrey Lukin’s family. Both men were placed in a pretrial detention center.