Vladimir Gaydyshev becomes one of the believers whose house is being searched as part of a special operation by the Kurgan law enforcement officers. Literature based on the Bible, personal notes and photographs, and a flash drive were seized from him.
From the criminal case of Ilya Ershov , materials against Vladimir Gaydyshev, a visually impaired of group I, are separated into a separate proceeding. This decision is made by the senior investigator of the Investigative Committee for especially important cases, Major of Justice Rayan Suleymanov. He is known for participating in the investigation of the case of Jehovah's Witnesses Ershov and Lubin, who died more than six months ago.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code against Gaydyshev. The ruling states that the believer "appointed brothers or sisters to hold meetings for the ministry, organized preaching on holidays."
The security forces detain Vladimir on the street while walking and take him to investigator Suleymanov for questioning. There the believer learns that he has been assigned a restriction measure in the form of a recognizance agreement. Later, when Vladimir returns home, his mobile phone is confiscated. The man shares that from the stress he experienced, his condition "deteriorated sharply, his eyesight dropped."
Investigator Grachev hands Gaydyshev a decision to prosecute him as an accused.
The case against Vladimir Gaydyshev was received by the Shadrinsky District Court, he was appointed to judge Nikolai Verbovoy.
Vladimir Gaydyshev, visually impaired, asks the court to allow a public defender to participate in the trial. The prosecutor is against it, because the defense lawyer does not have a legal education, although there is no such requirement in the Criminal Procedure Code. The court denies the believer's petition.
At the next hearing, Gaydyshev again asks to admit a lawyer - this time the court refuses to consider his petition.
A witness for the prosecution is being questioned - a woman who attended meetings for worship of Jehovah's Witnesses before 2017. According to her, these meetings were aimed at "ensuring that all people live amicably," and not at inciting hatred towards representatives of another religion or race, as the prosecution claims.
Another woman is a witness for the prosecution. Her current testimony contradicts those she gave at the investigation stage. In particular, she says that she did not communicate with the defendant after 2017. However, it follows from the protocol of her interrogation that in 2021, the woman, on her own initiative, called several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Gaydyshev. She also admits that she knows about the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses after 2017 mainly "from rumors." The lawyer asks the woman where she got the information that Gaydyshev is an elder. "That's my conclusion," she replies. The witness saw the defendant only in one of the screenshots that the investigator showed her, but she does not know what event is in the picture.
About 35 people come to the courthouse to support Vladimir, 9 of them are allowed into the courtroom.