In Kamchatka, the Fourth Criminal Case Was Initiated for Believing in God. Spouses Nadezhda and Dmitriy Semenov, 36 and 37 Years Old, Are Under Suspicion

On 6 September 2021, Dmitriy and Nadezhda Semenovs were searched in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and then brought for questioning to the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Kamchatka region. Criminal charges were filed against them under Part 1.1 Article 282.2 of the RF Criminal Code. The case is being investigated by senior investigator Kudantsev, who had previously handled Sergey Ledenev's case.

During the searches, a computer, a tablet, two cell phones, a router and a webcam, as well as the New Testament and personal diaries were seized from Semenovs. During the interrogation, both Dmitriy and Nadezhda were threatened that the right to use Article 51 of the Russian Constitution could harm them.

The criminal case against the Semyonovs was opened on September 3, 2021. According to the investigation, they "persuaded, convincing to participate in the activities of an extremist organization" a resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and other unidentified persons. On the same day, Alexander Kotkov, judge of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court, issued a search warrant in the apartment of Dmitriy and Nadezhda, suggesting that their apartment "may contain literature, documentation and electronic media containing information of extremist nature, as well as computers and other technical means by which they were induced . . . to join an extremist organization, unidentified during the investigation".