A believer was subjected to inhuman treatment in the FSB building in Kaluga

On June 26, 2019, 43-year-old believer Roman Makhnev was handcuffed to a pipe in the FSB building in Kaluga and left in this position until the next morning. After a sleepless night, he was subjected to investigative actions. Neither on June 26, nor on June 27, nor on June 28, he was presented with any food. It was not until June 29 that he was fed breakfast for the first time.

This happened as a result of a raid by officers of the FSB of Russia in the Kaluga region against believers. A total of 6 searches were carried out, including in the apartment of an 81-year-old woman. After Roman Makhnev announced that banned literature had been planted in his house, he was taken to the FSB building instead of the temporary detention center. Makhnev's 15-year-old daughter was taken outside and forced to stand barefoot in the rain while the house was searched.

The atrocities committed by the FSB were stubbornly ignored by the Kaluga District Court. Thus, on June 28, 2019, this court avoided assessing the circumstances of the detention of believers. On the same day, the court chose Roman Makhnev, as well as 54-year-old Dmitry Kuzin, a measure of restraint in the form of detention for a period of 2 months.