Search and Overnight Interrogations in Murmansk Region

On October 15, 2025, security forces conducted a search in the town of Polyarniy at the home of a woman who is one of Jehovah's Witnesses. She was taken to the Snezhnogorsk police department after midnight and interrogated until 6 a.m.

The search began at 4:00 p.m., while the woman was not at home. Her husband was thrown to the floor and handcuffed by the officers. According to the woman, when she arrived, law enforcement spoke to her rudely, used profanity, and told her that "invoking Article 51 of the Russian Constitution won't help you." Electronic devices were seized from the family. The woman was not given a copy of the search report.

That same night, at least one other woman from a nearby village was also interrogated by the authorities.

The last time searches were conducted in the Murmansk Region was in 2021.