Case of Prityko in Birobidzhan

Judge of the Birobidzhan District Court Olga Klyuchikova issues permission to search the house of 54-year-old believer Igor Prityko. A petition for a search is made by Lieutenant Colonel of Justice of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Ivan Nenko.

Igor Prityko and other Birobidzhan residents are being searched. Electronic devices, flash drives and a system unit are seized from the couple Prityko. The search, which lasts more than 5 hours, is carried out by FSB operative Major M. N. Makeev.

Judge of the Birobidzhan District Court Svetlana Zemtsova allows a new search in the house of Igor Prityko. This is requested by the senior investigator-criminalist of the FSB Dmitry Yankin.

At about 8 am, a group of law enforcement officers led by FSB Major M.N. Makeev bursts into the courtyard of Igor Prityko's house to conduct a search that lasts 3 hours. Phones, a hard drive, 20 optical disks, a laptop and personal records are confiscated from the believer.

A criminal case is being opened against Igor Prityko. It becomes the 23rd case against Jehovah's Witnesses in the region.

Igor Prityko is being interrogated as a suspect. The conversation with the believer is conducted by the senior investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Territory and the Jewish Autonomous Region, Captain of Justice Denis Emelianenko.

Igor Prytyko's wife, Natalia, is summoned for interrogation.