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A new criminal case in the Amur Region. Four residents of Tynda were accused of extremism
Amur RegionIt became known that the searches in Tynda, which took place on November 17, 2019, were carried out as part of a criminal case against four residents of Tynda - Sergey Yuferov, Valery Slashchev, Mikhail Burkov and Vladimir Bukin. All of them are accused of "organizing meetings of followers ... religious organizations".
The criminal case was initiated on November 11, 2019. The persecution of believers is carried out by the investigator of the FSB Directorate for the Amur Region, V. S. Obukhov. According to investigators, the defendants "wanted an offensive ... socially dangerous consequences, acting out of extremist motives." They are charged under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
During the searches on November 17, 2019, electronic media, Bibles in the Synodal translation and even a napkin with a beautiful illustration, which the security forces considered suspicious, were seized. To date, 10 believers have already been prosecuted in the Amur Region.