The case of Odintsov in Snezhnogorsk

Case History

In April 2023, a criminal case was initiated against Anatoliy Odintsov, a pensioner from Snezhnogorsk. The Investigative Committee accuses him of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. Anatoliy was placed in a pre-trial detention center for his faith in Jehovah God.

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    Senior investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Murmansk Region S. B. Mikheev initiates a criminal case against 65-year-old Anatoly Odintsov. He is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization.

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    Investigator Mikheev makes a decision to bring Odintsov as an accused.

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    Odintsov's wife is being interrogated. The investigator informs her that her husband is on the federal wanted list, and asks to tell him to appear for interrogation, threatening otherwise to send Anatoly to the pre-trial detention center.

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    Anatoliy Odintsov is being held in a cell in a pre-trial detention center along with five other prisoners.

    The believer remains cheerful. In this, letters provide him with significant support. He also has a Bible in the Synodal translation from the institution's library.

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