Case of Krushevskiy and Artamonov in Birobidzhan

The deputy head of the Investigative Department for the city of Birobidzhan, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Ivan Nenko, issues a decision against unidentified persons to initiate criminal proceedings for involvement in the activities of an extremist organization.

Judge of the Birobidzhan District Court Olga Klyuchikova, who previously handed down guilty verdicts in three cases of Jehovah's Witnesses, allows searches of 71-year-old Anatoly Artamonov and 45-year-old Aleksandr Krushevskiy. Both men are hard of hearing.

The Investigative Committee is conducting searches in the apartments of both believers. Alexander Krushevsky's investigative actions are led by I. Y. Nenko, Anatoly Artamonov's — senior investigator D. V. Emelianenko. Later, Krushevsky was taken to the Investigative Committee and interrogated. The believer explains to the investigator that he is a person with hearing disability of group III.

Investigator Emelianenko chooses a measure of restraint for believers in the form of a recognizance not to leave.

Emelianenko interrogates Artamonov and Krushevsky and charges them with participation in the activities of an extremist organization and involvement in it.

73-year-old Anatoliy Artamonov and 45-year-old Aleksandr Krushevskiy are included in the list of extremists of Rosfinmonitoring.

The case goes to the Birobidzhan District Court and is referred to Judge Natalia Shibanova for consideration.