In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a 77-year-old woman was subjected to an armed raid by security forces because of her grandson's religion

On August 2, 2019, in the village of Nikolaevka (Krasnoyarsk Territory), masked and bulletproof security forces broke into the house of 77-year-old Lyubov Mirenyuk when she was alone at home and demanded that all available electronic devices be handed over. The reason is the religion of her grandson.

The search warrant was signed by the judge of the Leninsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk, Artem Ginter. The only reason for such actions was that her grandson, who professes the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses, was registered in the woman's house. Lyubov Mirenyuk herself does not share this faith. Subsequent events turned into a real nightmare for an elderly woman. In the afternoon, armed men climbed over the fence, broke into the house and began the search without identifying themselves or showing any documents. They threatened a long prison term for her grandson, saying that a criminal case had already been opened against him under the article "extremism". Lyubov refused to believe it, knowing that her grandson was a decent and law-abiding person.

Lyubov Mirenyuk has poor health and has not gone out for a long time, he moves around the house with great difficulty. She was very frightened by the behavior of armed masked men. From the resulting stress, the pensioner had a dangerously high blood pressure. She did not receive any protocols from the authorities.

The search was sanctioned as part of a criminal case against Andrey Stupnikov, which has been going on since July 3, 2018. He is accused of "organizing the activities of an extremist organization" (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) for the sole reason of professing the religious views of Jehovah's Witnesses.