The Case of Pushkov and Others in Tomsk

Homes of Jehovah's Witnesses are searched in Tomsk, after which three married couples are detained.

The criminal case is initiated by the investigator for especially important cases of the second department for the investigation of especially important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Tomsk Region, Captain of Justice Lebedev V. S.

Yevgeniy Dodolin reports that he was detained at 11:00, although the case was initiated and accepted for proceedings only at 16:00.

Vladimir Pushkov is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization, and Aisulu Tastaibekova, Yevgeniy and Yana Abramovs, Yevgeniy and Tatyana Dodolins are accused of participating in the activities of this organization.

Judge of the Kirovskiy District Court of Tomsk Maria Tynyanaya sends all six believers to a pre-trial detention center for a period of 2 months.

Investigator of the Investigative Committee Vyacheslav Lebedev initiates criminal cases against Anton Novopashin, Yuriy Pichugin, Andrey Plekhanov and Gonha Jahi.

The court sends Novopashin, Pichugin, Plekhanov and Jahi to a pre-trial detention center. The day before, the believers were charged with extremism.