Elena Mironova is being searched as part of a criminal case against Yevgeniy Bushev. Law enforcement officers break down the front door to the apartment and film the search.
The believer's laptop, phone, hard drives, personal records and passport were confiscated.
Elena Mironova is interrogated and released.
Major of Justice V. E. Baltachev, Senior Investigator of the Third Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region, initiates a criminal case against Elena Mironova under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, the woman "took part ... in religious meetings and gatherings... holding conversations with residents of Chelyabinsk, watching educational videos."
Investigator Baltachev presents Elena Mironova with a decision to initiate a criminal case, interrogates her as a suspect and takes her on her recognizance agreement.
Elena Mironova is included in the list of extremists of Rosfinmonitoring - her bank accounts are blocked.
Investigator Baltachev opened a second criminal case against Yelena, this time under Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The ruling alleges that she "deliberately financed extremist activities ... by placing at the disposal of participants in illegal extremist activities an apartment at their place of residence." This is how the investigation interprets the friendly communication of fellow believers in her house.
Yelena is charged under two articles at once. The investigator takes from the believer a recognizance agreement and proper behavior.
Elena Mironova's case was submitted to the Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk and transferred to Judge Valery Myagotin.
The prosecutor reads out the charge. The judge denies the believer the right to announce her attitude towards him.
Witness Denis Polikarpov, who had previously attended meetings for worship and feigned interest in the Bible, was questioned at the court hearing. During the interrogation, it turns out that his testimony differs from his earlier answers at the preliminary investigation. More than 10 people come to court to support Elena Mironova.
Prosecutor Kuznetsov reads the contents of 13 volumes of the case, omitting details about the locations of searches and meetings for worship, which gives the court the impression that everything took place at the defendant’s place of residence. As a result, the court asks the prosecution additional questions. The prosecutor also quotes individual phrases from the psychological expert study without including conclusions or linking them to the defendant’s actions.
After the break, Yelena asks to listen to an audio recording of a meeting for worship at which her comment was made, in order to restore the meaning of the words she said, which were distorted by witness Manturov during questioning. The recording is listened to for about 2 hours, after which Mironova tries to provide explanations, but the judge interrupts her.
There are 7 attendees present in the courtroom who have come to support the defendant.