Case of Tazyrov and Others in Ufa

Vadim Kharasov, an investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Unit for the Investigation of Organized Criminal Activity of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Bashkortostan, initiates a case against Ruslan and Roza Tazyrov under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization.

Within the framework of the same case, Andrey Gubeev, Sergey Bastayev, Alfiya Javadova and Maria Gareeva are involved as defendants - they are charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organization.

According to the investigation, the believers "organized and held meetings in public places through video conferencing ... for the purpose of promoting the activities of a banned organization."

The Ordzhonikidze District Court of Ufa imposes a ban of certain actions as a preventive measure on Bastaev, Gubeev, Gareeva and Dzhavadova.

The court sends the Tazyrovs to pretrial detention center No. 1 in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Ruslan is being held in solitary confinement. He is taken for walks and generally feels satisfactory, but worries about his wife and elderly mother. The believer does not have a Bible.

Rosa's relationship with her cellmates is friendly. The believer tries to maintain physical shape: she does exercises every day, does not miss the opportunity to go for walks. She has begun to receive parcels, but there is no Bible yet.

Ruslan and Roza Tazyrov are in pretrial detention center No. 1 for the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Repeated attempts to deliver Bibles to Ruslan and Roza — both through parcel deliveries and by mail — were unsuccessful. At the same time, the administration of the detention facility informed the relatives of the Tazyrovs that enough Bibles were available in the institution. However, their distribution is regulated by a special procedure: it is necessary to file an application to meet with a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, after which a decision is made regarding the provision of Bibles.

The Ordzhonikidzevskiy District Court rules to forcibly place Mariya Gareyeva in a psychiatric hospital for up to 30 days in order to conduct an expert study.

The formal reason is a recommendation from the commission that previously carried out an outpatient forensic psychiatric study as part of the investigation. The defense considers the decision unfounded. Mariya tells the court that during that expert study, the doctor asked questions as if conducting an interrogation and threatened her twice with hospitalization. At the same time, the believer freely spoke about her personal life, but exercised her right not to testify against herself when the questions concerned the criminal case.

Judge Yelena Chirukhina rejects the arguments of Mariya and her lawyer. The decision can be appealed.