JW Russia: Mass Detentions in Kazan: Department for Combating Organized Crime Finds Out Why People Aged 9 to 80 Read the Bible

[Isabella]

On the morning of January 19, 2020, in Kazan, law enforcement officers detained about 15 believers, including two children and two women over the age of 80. All of them were interrogated using psychological pressure about who forces them to read the Bible. Some believers have been searched and detained.

https://www.jw-russia.org/en/news/2020/01/12.html

[Isabella]

“Search For Everything Related to Jehovah.” New Details of the Raid on Believers In Kazan

On January 21, 2020, after three Witnesses spent a day in the temporary detention center, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan released Tatyana Obizhestvit and Lyaysan Bochkareva under house arrest. Meanwhile, Laysan’s husband, Andrey Bochkarev, was put in pre-trial detention. During the search, security officials said they were looking for weapons, drugs, and “everything that is related to Jehovah.”

https://jw-russia.org/en/news/2020/01/22.html