Name: Ombysh Filipp Valeriyevich
Date of Birth: July 5, 1985
Current status: accused
Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation: 282.2 (1)
Time spent in prison: 2 day in a temporary detention facility, 19 day in a pre-trial detention, 113 day Under house arrest
Current restrictions: house arrest

Biography

"Why is resurrection necessary, if a person already lives in paradise after death?"—this question haunted Filipp Ombysh for a long time. He found the answer in the Bible, and it changed his life.

Filipp was born in Saratov. When the boy was 7, his father died, and his mother raised Filipp alone. Now she has retired.

After school, Filipp did alternative civilian service in the Chelyabinsk Regional Hospital as an auxiliary worker and assistant in a pharmacy. Then he received the profession of a pastry chef. For some time, he worked as a security guard.

In 2008, Filipp became one of Jehovah's Witnesses. 15 years later, another important event took place in his life—he married Olga, who shares his views on life. They met at a friendly football game. Both love sports: Filipp is fond of arm wrestling, and Olga is fond of volleyball. She is a hairdresser by profession.

When Filipp was arrested, the couple's parents were summoned for interrogation. Later, pressure began on Olga's younger sister, who was in the 11th grade. It was so serious and exhausting that the girl's parents were forced to take their documents from school.

Case History

In February 2025, the FSB Directorate for the Saratov Region initiated a criminal case for participating in the activity of an organization declared extremist. This is how the investigation interprets the holding of peaceful meetings for worship of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In September of the same year, searches were carried out at the homes of several believers in Saratov and the village of Anastasino. During the search, a stun gun was repeatedly and unreasonably used against Proshenkov, his wife asked numerous authorities to urgently investigate the incident. The court placed Mikhail Proshenkov, Aleksey Kazakov, Aleksandr Akelin and Filipp Ombysh in a pretrial detention center, and Sergey Yefremov under house arrest. The court soon transferred all four believers from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest
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