Shiyan's case in Lesosibirsk

Case History

In November 2021, a series of searches took place in Lesosibirsk as part of the case against Valery Shitz. Then the FSB officers searched the home of Andrei Shiyan, during which electronic media were seized. The man was accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. In April 2023, the believer was searched again. An ambulance was called for him twice.

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    November 25, 2021 Search

    Andrey Shiyan is undergoing the first search in the criminal case of Valeriy Shitz.

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    January 30, 2023 Case initiated Art. 282.2 (1)

    Shiyan's case is separated from the Shitz case into a separate proceeding.

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    February 13, 2023 Search

    The Lesosibirsk City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory issues a search warrant for Shiyan.

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    April 11, 2023 Search Recognizance agreement

    A second search of the believer is carried out. Data carriers, electronic devices and biblical literature are seized.
    The senior investigator of the investigation department for the city of Lesosibirsk, Major of Justice Artem Kunko, chooses a preventive measure for Andrey Shiyan in the form of a written undertaking not to leave and proper behavior.

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    October 31, 2023 Recognizance agreement

    Senior investigator of the investigation department for the city of Lesosibirsk, senior lieutenant of justice M. A. Pozdnyakova attracts Andrey Shiyan as an accused and again chooses for him a measure of restraint in the form of a written undertaking not to leave and proper behavior.

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    November 8, 2023

    Within the framework of Article 217 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, Andrey Shiyan begins to get acquainted with the case materials.

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    November 29, 2023

    The accused petitions for the termination of the criminal case. He states that he does not plead guilty to the crime, that the charge against him is unclear and that the exercise of constitutional and internationally protected rights cannot be considered a crime. Shiyan considers his involvement as an accused as discrimination and repression on the basis of religious affiliation and believes that the criminal case initiated against him should be terminated due to the absence of corpus delicti in his actions.

    Investigator Pozdnyakov refuses to satisfy his request.

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    December 7, 2023 Art. 282.2 (1) Secret witness

    The prosecutor of the city of Lesosibirsk, Dmitry Snyatkov, approves the indictment against Andrey Shiyan. The accusation is based, among other things, on the testimony of secret witnesses, as well as Grigory Illarionov, associate professor of the Department of Philosophy at Siberian Federal University, who acts as an expert.