Case of Kutsenko in Chita

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Trans-Baikal Territory is initiating a case of extremism against unidentified persons.

Vadim Kutsenko's house is being searched as part of a special operation against Chita's Jehovah's Witnesses. At the same time, he is tortured and detained.

Vadim Kutsenko sends an appeal to the head of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Trans-Baikal Territory, Y.S. Rusanov, with a request to initiate a criminal case on the fact of torture and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Kutsenko was released after 5 days in the temporary detention facility, but remains in the status of a suspect.

At a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, 27 European Union countries, as well as 6 other non-EU states, in a joint statement called for an investigation into allegations of torture of Vadim Kutsenko.

During the hearing in the Chita Garrison Military Court, Kutsenko learns that the Investigative Committee overturned the decision not to initiate a case. This means that the pre-investigation check on his claim of torture continues.

Investigator Zhuravlev terminates the criminal prosecution of Vadim Kutsenko due to the absence of corpus delicti in his actions.

It becomes known that criminal prosecution is being resumed against Vadim Kutsenko, who was charged under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in January 2021. It is included in the Rosfinmonitoring list.