The case of Baykalov and Others in Abakan

Case History

From the high-profile case against the mother and son, Valentina and Roman Baranovskiy, a criminal case was separated against 6 other civilians from Abakan: 4 men and 2 women. Later, materials regarding Alexei Baikalov, Roman Ostapenko and the father of many children, Pyotr Bozykov, were separated into separate proceedings. The believers were accused of participating in extremist activities. All three are included in the Rosfinmonitoring list.

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    April 20, 2020
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    May 19, 2020

    Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Olesya Ermakova, an investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Department for the city of Abakan of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Khakassia, interrogates Pyotr Bozykov and Alexander Vergunov, suspected of extremism for their faith. They are obliged to appear in a timely manner when summoned by a person conducting an initial inquiry, an investigator or to a court, and in the event of a change of residence, to report it immediately.

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    May 22, 2020

    Investigator Olesya Ermakova interrogates Alexei Baikalov and Irina Sidorova. The believers do not admit their guilt and say that they have never been engaged in extremist activities. From Baikalov is taken the obligation to appear.

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    March 31, 2021

    Three operatives, accompanied by two witnesses, from 20:30 to 22:00 conduct a search in the home of Pyotr Bozykov. Personal records, electronic devices and data carriers are seized from the believer.