In Vladivostok, operational search measures are being carried out against Jehovah's Witnesses who meet to discuss the Bible, sing songs, pray and communicate with fellow believers from other cities of the Primorsky Territory. According to law enforcement officers, such actions are illegal.
Lieutenant of Justice G. Y. Tarasenko, senior investigator of the Investigative Directorate for the Pervorechensky District of Vladivostok of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Territory, opens five new criminal cases against 61-year-old Nina Astvatsaturova, 29-year-old Roman Verigin, 34-year-old Violetta Verigina, 53-year-old Ludwiga Katanaeva and 47-year-old Elena Tsorn.
Six people find their names on the list of "extremists" of Rosfinmonitoring. These are Roman and Violetta Verigin, Ludwig and Eva Katanaev, Elena Tsorn, Nina Astvatsaturova. None of them knows that a criminal case has been opened against them. All of them are witnesses in the criminal case against Elena Barmakina.
Six families of believers, including the couple Verigins, are being searched in Vladivostok. Law enforcement officers are armed with machine guns, their faces are hidden by masks. Roman and Violetta are chosen a restriction measure in the form of a recognizance agreement.
The preliminary hearing is being held behind closed doors. Assistant prosecutor Anna Kolokoltseva petitions for the case to be considered in the absence of the couple Verigins. Lawyers object. Judge Galina Vasilkevich postpones the hearing to allow the prosecutor's office to provide evidence of the defendants' departure.
A preliminary hearing is being held behind closed doors. The defense files motions to exclude inadmissible evidence and attach the decision of the ECHR dated 07.06.2022 ("LRO "Taganrog" and others v. the Russian Federation"). The resolution of the motions was postponed until the next hearing.
The case against the couple Verigins and Alibek Kartaiganov is suspended.
It becomes known that the case against Violetta and Roman Verigin and Alibek Kartaiganov has been resumed and brought into a separate proceeding at the trial stage.