The Case of the Syrykh in Kaltan

The investigator for the Department of Internal Affairs of the Investigative Department for the city of Osinniki of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region Kilin V.N. initiates a criminal case against Vitaly Syrykh, bringing charges against him of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, "Vitaliy Yurykh committed a deliberate crime against the foundations of the constitutional order and state security, namely ... organized the activities of a religious organization and took part in its activities."

The house of Vitaliy Syrykh, a resident of the city of Kaltan, Kemerovo Region, is being searched. Electronic devices are seized from the believer. After the search, he is detained and taken to the Investigative Committee for interrogation.

Vitaliy Syrykh is charged with committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

The judge of the Kaltan District Court of the Kemerovo Region, Yevgeny Vanyushin, makes a decision on the election of Syrykh as a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest. A believer is forbidden to leave the living quarters, to communicate with participants in a criminal case, as well as with other persons without the permission of investigator Tyshchenko, to use the Internet and other means of communication.

Judge of the Kemerovo Regional Court B. V. Korshunov satisfies the appeal of Vitaly Syrykh against the measure of restraint and releases him from house arrest on his own recognizance.

S. S. Tyshchenko, senior investigator of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Investigative Department for the city of Osinniki of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region, issues a decision to terminate the criminal case against the Syrykhs, since in his actions "there are no signs of a crime under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which is confirmed by the materials of the criminal case and the conclusions of religious and linguistic examinations."

S. A. Murzak, senior investigator for the Department of Internal Affairs of the Investigative Department for the city of Osinniki of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region, brings Vitaly Syrykh as a defendant under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of the activities of an extremist organization). According to the ruling, the believer "took part as an organizer in the activities of the religious organization of the LRO of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Kaltan."