Actions of Law Enforcement Officers

Homes of Jehovah's Witnesses Searched in Tomsk, 6 Believers Sent to Detention Center

Tomsk Region

On March 20, 2025, searches were carried out in Tomsk at the homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses, at least at four addresses. Six people — three married couples — were placed in pretrial detention center No. 1 for the Tomsk Region.

After the raid, the believers were initially sent to a temporary detention facility. There, one of the men was not allowed to eat or drink for 24 hours.

The day after the searches, on March 21, the Kirovskiy District Court of Tomsk imposed a preventive measure of pretrial detention for 2 months on all of them.

The Case of Pushkov and Others in Tomsk

Case History
After searches in Tomsk in March 2025, three married couples of Jehovah’s Witnesses were detained. The Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case for organizing the activity of an extremist organization and participating in this activity. The next day, the court sent Vladimir Pushkov, Aysulu Tastaybekova, Yevgeniy Abramov and his wife Yana, Yevgeniy Dodolin and his wife Tatyana to a pretrial detention center.
Timeline

Persons in case

Dodolin
Yevgeniy
Dodolina
Tatyana
Abramov
Yevgeniy
Abramova
Yana
Pushkov
Vladimir
Tastaybekova
Aysulu

Criminal case

Region:
Tomsk Region
Locality:
Tomsk
Suspected of:
"held conversations in order to promote the activity and directly participated in the events held repeatedly... by the local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses" (from the decision to initiate a criminal case)
Court case number:
12502690015000010
Initiated:
March 20, 2025
Current case stage:
preliminary investigation
Investigating:
Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Tomsk Region
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation:
282.2 (2), 282.2 (1)
Case History
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