Case of Zhurbenko in Oryol

Case History

In October 2021, a criminal case was opened against Anton Zhurbenko from Orel. He was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization and included in the list of extremists of Rosfinmonitoring. His case was separated from the criminal case against the other three believers. Investigator of the Investigative Committee Anastasia Dunicheva terminated the investigation against Zhurbenko due to the absence of corpus delicti in his actions. A month later, the deputy prosecutor resumed the criminal case against the believer.
Timeline

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    October 28, 2021

    The Investigation Department for the Sovetsky District of the City of Orel of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation initiates criminal case No. 12102540005000070 against Anton Zhurbenko. He is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist community (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). His case was separated from the criminal case against three believers – Vladimir Piskarev, Vladimir Melnik and Artur Putintsev, initiated about a year ago.

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    February 28, 2022

    Investigator of the Investigative Committee A.O. Dunicheva makes a decision to terminate the criminal case against Zhurbenko due to the absence of corpus delicti in his actions.

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    March 25, 2022

    Deputy Prosecutor of the Soviet District of Orel B. O. Skopinov cancels the decision to terminate the criminal case against the believer.

    Later, Anton Zhurbenko filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office of the Sovetsky district of Orel, in which he asked to recognize the decision of the deputy prosecutor as illegal and cancel it.