Name: Teterin Vladimir Aleksandrovich
Date of Birth: April 14, 1957
Current status: charges withdrawn
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1), 282.2 (1.1)

Biography

On March 13, 2019, at least seven civilians were searched in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region) because of their beliefs. The investigation suspects that one of them, Vladimir Teterin, participated in religious services. A written undertaking not to leave was taken from him. What is known about this man?

Vladimir was born in 1957 in Berezniki (present-day Perm region). He has siblings, and both parents are no longer alive. In his youth he was fond of martial arts and kettlebell lifting. For some time the family lived in Tatarstan before moving to Severodvinsk.

Vladimir received the profession of a welding engineer-technologist, in the early 2000s he took first places in the regional and all-Russian competitions of professional skills among masters of industrial training. He is now retired.

In the 1990s, Vladimir began to research the Bible and discovered its historical and scientific accuracy, as well as the honesty of its writers. However, the desire to live according to the biblical commandments eventually led to the initiation of a criminal case. Vladimir's wife, children and other relatives do not share his religious views, but are extremely perplexed by the fact that peace-loving people are massively accused of extremism. The children are worried that their sick retired father may be imprisoned for 10 years, from which he may not be released.

Case History

In March 2019, in Severodvinsk, FSB officers conducted searches in the homes of Sergey Potylitsyn and Vladimir Teterin. Andrey Maksimovich was taken for interrogation from his workplace, then brought home and searched in the presence of his wife and 3-year-old child. Conscript sailors were involved as witnesses. The investigator took a recognizance agreement from Potylitsyn. A criminal case was opened against the believers for organizing the activities of an extremist organization. Law enforcement officers said that their goal was to stop the activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Sergey Potylitsyn’s two vehicles were arrested, and the bank accounts of three believers were blocked. In May 2022, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation ruled to terminate the criminal case due to the lack of corpus delicti.
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