Photo: Special forces breaking down the door to the apartment of believers (Tomsk, June 3, 2018)
Photo: Special forces breaking down the door to the apartment of believers (Tomsk, June 3, 2018)
On the morning of June 3, 2018, a raid was carried out in Tomsk on the basis of religious repression. The interrogations lasted until 2 a.m. Sergey Klimov, 48, was arrested and sent to a temporary detention facility.
On Sunday, at approximately 10:00 a.m., law enforcement officers, including special forces soldiers, invaded a number of houses where believers live. About 30 people were gathered on a bus and taken for interrogation to the Center for Countering Extremism. Among the detainees was an 83-year-old woman. It is known that during the day an ambulance came to the building where the interrogation was carried out several times, one person was hospitalized.
Searches were carried out in homes and private cars. Phones, tablets, computers, Bibles, personal records, photos, money, bank cards were seized. Law enforcement officers refused to hand over the acts of seizure of things and copies of interrogation protocols. One of the detainees was intimidated by being expelled from the university. It is also reported that some of the investigators were clearly slandered. It is known that the case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization and participation in the activities of an extremist organization). Russian law enforcement officers mistakenly mistake the joint religion of citizens for participation in an extremist organization.
The arrested Sergey Klimov is in the temporary detention facility for suspects and accused at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Tomsk Region at the address: Tomsk, Elizarov St. 46/4. The issue of choosing a preventive measure for him must be decided no later than June 5, 2018.
