Case of Kutsenko in Chita

Case History

In February 2020, the FSB conducted mass searches of Jehovah's Witnesses from Chita and neighboring locations as part of a case against local believers. One of the believers, Vadim Kutsenko, faced torture and violence from law enforcement officers, and also spent 5 days in a temporary detention facility. The Investigative Committee for the Trans-Baikal Territory refused to initiate a case of torture, despite the call of the OSCE. Later, the refusal was canceled, and the check resumed. In January 202, the Investigative Committee terminated the case against Vadim for lack of corpus delicti. In November 2024, it became known that the believer was included in the Rosfinmonitoring list, and his criminal prosecution was resumed.

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