Actions of Law Enforcement Officers

Planting prohibited items in the worship building of Jehovah's Witnesses in Prokhladny

Kabardino-Balkaria

On March 27, 2016, about 10 officers from the Center for Religious Activity and the FSB broke into the worship building of Jehovah's Witnesses in Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkaria, where a service was being held with the participation of more than 70 believers. The participants were not allowed to record the inspection of the premises, expelling them from the building. When the first floor of the building was at the disposal of law enforcement officers, they announced the "discovery" of materials submitted to the FSEM. Since the believers conduct a regular thorough inspection of the building, recording the absence of any prohibited items in it, they are sure that the materials included in the FSEM were planted by them.