Search and Arrest in Vladikavkaz. Court Detained Local Woman For Her Faith

On October 20, 2025, Sabina Albegova, 26, a resident of Vladikavkaz, was arrested. The Investigative Committee charged her with extremism for participating in peaceful religious meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses. Two days later, the court sent the believer to a pretrial detention center.

A few hours before Sabina's arrest, at 6 a.m., the house of her husband's parents was searched. Electronic devices were seized from the owners and their guests. The task force was led by Mikhail Tuayev, investigator of the Investigative Committee.

After her arrest, Sabina Albegova was informed that she was suspected of participating in the activity of an extremist organization (Article 282.2(2) of the RF CrC) and sent to a temporary detention facility in Vladikavkaz. By court decision she was placed in pretrial detention center No. 1 for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania on October 22.

According to available information, the criminal case against Sabina Albegova is related to another case that was initiated against one of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladikavkaz back in January 2025.