In Tula, Law Enforcement Officers Planted Banned Books on Jehovah's Witnesses

On the evening of December 14, 2016, two men entered the worship building of Jehovah's Witnesses on Karl Marx Street in Tula. They planted several books on the believers included in the list of extremist materials. At the same time, about 10 law enforcement officers entered the hall, including Grigory Nikolaev, an employee of the center for countering extremism. The security forces pretended that they had accidentally discovered banned books and drew up a protocol on an administrative offense, which could ultimately threaten catastrophic consequences for the freedom of religion of local Jehovah's Witnesses.

As a result of the invasion, worship had to be stopped. Believers are outraged by the unscrupulous actions of the police and their accomplices.