The Case of Manuylov in Barnaul

Senior investigator Yevgeniy Kozuchenko initiates a criminal case against Valery Klokov under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an extremist organization).

Since 6 a.m., Vitaliy Manuilov's house has been searched. Electronic devices are confiscated from the believer, then he is interrogated as a witness in the case of Valery Klokov.

Vitaliy Manuilov comes for questioning to the Investigative Committee. He is charged and placed in a temporary detention center.

The court in Barnaul sends Vitaly Manuilov under house arrest.

Investigator Kozuchenko charges Vitaliy Manuilov in the latest version, seeing extremism in peaceful meetings of believers with friends, where he "actively quoted the book "Holy Scripture".

The Manuilov case is separated into a separate proceeding from the Klokov case.

The case goes to the Industrial District Court of Barnaul. It will be considered by judge Yevgeniy Saprykin.

Vitaliy's restriction measure has been changed to a ban on certain actions.

A classified witness is being interrogated. He says that Manuilov is one of Jehovah's Witnesses, talks in detail about the religious structure of this community in Barnaul and gives the names of some believers. When asked by his lawyer how he knows all this information, he replies that he found it on the Internet.

Vitaliy Manuilov testifies in court and emphasizes that Jehovah's Witnesses have a legal right to worship together and to profess their faith. According to Vitaliy, the prosecution's actions demand "renunciation of faith and nullify the explanations of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation."

"Seeing how the Bible has positively influenced many people, I also decided to read the Bible and apply its advice. And for this I am considered an extremist," Vitaly Manuilov makes his final speech.