Case History
In December 2024, searches were carried out at least 8 addresses of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow and Lyubertsy near Moscow. The day before, the Moscow Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Oksana Ivanova, Larisa Kisla, Liliana Korol, Darya Petrochenko and Zaur Murtuzov. The reason for initiating the case was the conversations of believers about the Bible with Olga Grigoryeva, who feigned interest in this book. Five of Jehovah’s Witnesses are accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization and involving other persons in it. Later, Murtuzov, Korol and Petrochenko were sent to a pre-trial detention center, and Kislaya and Ivanova were placed under house arrest.In May 2025, Tatyana Levitskaya’s house was searched as part of the case. She was detained and placed under house arrest.