Case of Zayshchuk in Vladivostok

The Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia for the Primorsky Territory is initiating a criminal case on extremism. One of the defendants is Valentin Osadchuk.

As part of the criminal case, a series of searches are taking place in Vladivostok, during which FSB officers interrogate 83-year-old Yelena Zaishchuk, 66-year-old Nailya Kogay and 42-year-old Valentin Osadchuk. Law enforcement officers take a written undertaking not to leave the place from elderly women, and Osadchuk was detained for 48 hours.

The Frunzensky District Court of Vladivostok sends Valentin Osadchuk to a pre-trial detention center.

Valentin Osadchuk was charged with participation in the activities of an organization banned by a court decision.

The Primorsky Regional Court softens the measure of restraint and transfers Osadchuk to house arrest until March 9, 2019.

The Frunzensky District Court extends the term of Osadchuk's house arrest for a month, that is, until April 9. The court also relaxed a number of prohibitions, allowing Valentin a 2-hour walk and allowing him to see some relatives.

Tunyk, a senior investigator of the Directorate of the FSB Directorate for the Primorsky Territory, changes the charge - now Osadchuk is charged not with participation, but with organizing the activities of a banned community.

Senior investigator of the Investigative Department for the Primorsky Territory Tunyk softens the measure of restraint for Osadchuk from house arrest to recognizance not to leave.

Yelena Zaishchuk and six other women aged 61 to 84, namely Nadezhda Anoykina, Lyubov Galaktionova, Naila Kogai, Nadezhda Anoykina, Nina Purga and Raisa Usanova, have been charged with extremism.

Judge of the Ninth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction Yevgeny Zheleznov cancels the appeal decision in the case of Osadchuk and others and sends the case for a new appeal to the Primorsky Regional Court.

An appeal hearing is being held in the Primorsky Regional Court. Prosecutor V. A. Tymoshenko speaks on behalf of the prosecution. The Court refuses to accept the decision of the UN Working Group on the detention of Russian Jehovah's Witnesses and points out that it would be more appropriate to use it in the court of first instance when considering the case on the merits.

The court shall issue a decision to return the case to the prosecutor.

The Ninth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction in Vladivostok, chaired by Judge Natalia Khromina, satisfies the prosecutor's request to return the case to the prosecutor's office. The case of Osadchuk and others is referred to the court of first instance for consideration on the merits.

The criminal case against Valentin Osadchuk and 6 elderly believers is transferred to the Leninsky District Court of Vladivostok and appointed to Judge Maxim Anufriev.

Due to the serious illness of Elena Zayshchuk, the case against her was suspended.