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 Tynyana sends all six believers to a pre-trial detention center for a period of 2 months.