Case of Adamov in Chekhov

Case History

On January 31, 2020, the investigator of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Moscow Region, Y. Kobylyatsky, opened a criminal case against Stepan Adamov for interpreting the Bible, praying to Jehovah God and telling others about it. The case of Stepan Adamov was separated from the criminal case of other believers from Chekhov near Moscow.

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    Case initiated Art. 282.2 (2)

    Investigator for especially important cases of the first investigation department of the second department for the investigation of especially important cases (crimes against state power and in the sphere of economy) of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Moscow Region Kobylyatsky Y. I. initiates a criminal case against 67-year-old Stepan Adamov on the grounds of a crime under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

    The ruling states that the believer, "while in the car, [...] assisted in teaching, interpreted the Bible and read a prayer to Jehovah God, explaining the religious concepts of the religious movement of the faith of Jehovah's Witnesses, giving examples from life."

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    Case initiated

    The criminal case of Stepan Adamov is combined with the criminal case initiated in September 2019 against believers from Chekhov: Yuri and Zinaida Krutyakov, Konstantin Zherebtsov and Vitaly Nikiforov, accused of extremism.

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    Case initiated

    Investigator Y. Kobylyatsky makes a decision on the separation of the criminal case against Adamov into a separate proceeding. It is assigned a new number: 42002460043000109.

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