HOW IS THE JUDGMENT OF OUR BROTHER CHRISTENSEN, JAILED FOR ONE YEAR AGAIN?

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HOW IS THE JUDGMENT OF OUR BROTHER CHRISTENSEN, JAILED FOR ONE YEAR AGAIN?
The lawyers comment: "The result is predetermined": the judge in the case of Danish Dennis Christensen disappointed his defenders

In Orel ended the second week of hearings on the criminal case against the Danish citizen Dennis Christensen, who is accused of organizing continuous operations are recognized as a religious extremist organization "Jehovah's Witnesses - Eagle" (. Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The court heard the testimony of several witnesses, and following the hearing attorneys told the judge the Dane removal, accusing him of personal interest in a guilty verdict. About how the meetings were held, in the "MBH Media" report.

"The FSB officers came and said that none of the Jehovah's Witnesses would work here"

The May 15 meeting began with the continuation of an interrogation of an FSB officer who was monitoring the house where local Jehovah's Witnesses met. The operative had to answer the questions of Christensen's lawyers. In particular, he said that he is an employee of the department for the protection of the constitutional order and the fight against terrorism. Speaking about the technical aspects of the ORM, as well as the search in the Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the operative answered a series of short questions about the faith.

- Is it prohibited to practice the religion of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the territory of Águila? "Anton Bogdanov, a lawyer, asked the FSB agent.

"No," was the answer.

- Is it forbidden for Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel to read the Bible freely and pray?

-Do not

- Is it forbidden to share your convictions with others?

-Do not

- You yourself, what kind of religion?

- Orthodox, - the FSB officer shrugged.

"Did they go through the rite of baptism?"

- Yes

"But you did not become a member of any religious organization?"

-Do not

After clarifying the questions, the interrogation of the operation was completed and another witness, Elena Chernitsova, entered the room. The woman stated that she worked in the kindergarten, but since she was a Jehovah's Witness, she had to give up her job.

- The FSB officers came and said that none of the Jehovah's Witnesses would work there. The manager intimidated them so much that I decided to resign, "explained the woman.

Christensen knows, but when they met, he does not remember. Chernitsov from 2011 still in the Bryansk region began studying the Bible in 2013 in Zheleznogorsk past baptized "and become full of Jehovah's Witnesses." In the same year 2011, the woman moved to Orel and began attending worship services at number 50 Zheleznodorozhnaya Street, in the Kingdom Hall. Next, the witness described in detail what the room was like, how the services were held, and said that at the entrance there was a list of prohibited literature that could not be used. Chernitsova saw Dennis Christensen several times in the meetings. He spoke Russian. But the woman immediately made a reservation, specifying that "she communicated with difficulty, sometimes she was asked again, which was incomprehensible". According to the witness, nothing is known about the hierarchy and no organization, because she was "sisters and brothers". Previously, someone had told him that Christensen was an old woman, but he no longer remembers who and when. According to Chernitsova, in the Kingdom Hall there was a box with donations, where people deposited money voluntarily. The money was to pay for public services, as well as for the purchase of cleaning and cleaning products to clean the facilities and the territory of the property of the dwelling.

- Have you discussed the state system at meetings? - The prosecutor asked the witness.

-Do not

- They say they voluntarily refuse to donate blood?

"Yes, I have a document that I will not take," the woman replied. - Every year, 5 million people are infected only with hepatitis C and other diseases after a blood transfusion every year. And the Bible records that the blood is holy. Therefore, in Europe, Jehovah's Witnesses have always used blood substitutes.

"Article 28 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation does not forbid me to communicate with other believers"

The woman said that a banned organization MPO "Jehovah's Witnesses - Eagle" who knows nothing, and does consider part of a larger global family - Jehovah's Witnesses. About the prohibition of "Witnesses" in 2016, he learned, but at his expense and the account of his "brothers and sisters" did not accept.

"Do you know the MRO?"

"All over the world, our religious brotherhood, how can it be forbidden?", The woman was genuinely surprised.

"Then you realized that Jehovah's Witnesses were forbidden, but you did not burden yourself?" - Alexey Rudnev once again specified president.

"Article 28 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation does not forbid me to communicate with my fellow believers," the witness said calmly.

In addition, questions about state prosecutions refer to the literature studied by Jehovah's Witnesses. In particular, they were interested in why they studied it in tablets. Note that in the indictment says that Dennis Christensen resorted "to the conspiracy measures after the prohibition of Jehovah's Witnesses", so that he deviated recommendation to "use the tablet" instead of the usual pamphlets of paper. Human rights activist Dmitry Krayukhin, upon hearing the question why the tablets, said surprised:

- Now I do not understand, now the Cyrillic alphabet will be banned or the tablets?

Meanwhile, the prosecutor addressed the witness with a serious voice:

"Did Christensen tell you that to conspire, you need to use a tablet?"

Smiles ran down the hall. When everything calmed down, the court gave the floor to the defense. The questions referred to the essence of the charge presented against extremism. Elena Chernitsova responded constantly that Christensen never raised questions of politics and power in meetings and did not allow statements that promoted the advantages of the religion of the Jehovah's Witnesses to other religions. In short, nothing lit and nobody dignified dignity. I did not ask for ties with my relatives.

"Does your faith differ from orthodoxy in general?" - Judge Rudnev asked.

"It's different, of course." Once I went to church and read the Bible, but I did not understand anything. And when he began to attend the services of Jehovah's Witnesses, everything became clear, "explained the woman.

"Do you have a Bible of your own or are you different?" Asked the judge again.

- Same.

"And what is the difference, then?" Asked Rudnev, who has been trying to discover what the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses has been in several sessions.

- We understand it differently.

"They were cultured and sober"
This was a break in the meeting. It resumed on the morning of May 16, when the witness was summoned to court by Alexander Chirikov. A man with a beard lives next to the Kingdom Hall and in recent years has been actively observing what was happening in his territory. According to the witness, the house number 50 on Zheleznodorozhnaya Street appeared several years ago. "I remember he was going to collect signatures, he told himself that a school would be built there, but in the end they built a cult institution, let's say that," explained the witness. He said that after building in the house, Jehovah's Witnesses settled down. Including Chirikov, they offered "some kind of pamphlets". He approached and his parents. "Questions asked like" do you believe in God? "But immediately I stopped talking like this ... On this subject, I do not talk to anyone, especially strangers, they were, of course, educated, educated, sober, but I do not share these ideas," explained the witness.

According to Chirikov, there were many people in the Kingdom Hall. Reunited often. "Once, even at night there were many cars there and something was happening there," he said. Chirikov saw a 70-year-old man. "They were dressed as a vacation," clarified the witness

Chirikov says he often saw Christensen there. Several times he saw the Dane open the door and meet the parishioners. "I know with certainty that he is a foreigner," the witness shared his observations. District police told the witness that the organization was banned. "He called me, he asked me if the campaigns had stopped there." But the people who went there and continued walking. And they stopped only after the FSB arrived there and they arrested the founder, "said Chirikov, the organization's ban camp, Chirikov, was next to Christensen's" a couple of times. "" The fact that the activity it was carried out, and he was present there is a fact, "says Chirikov After the searches, organized by the FSB, a sign appeared in the house indicating that it was being rented" It seemed that this man was stealing there " said the witness, answering the prosecutor's question, the question was that the witness shared his opinion on who controlled the organization, and the same witness at the same time observed everything from the outside only as a neighbor, but he was never in the territory of the home.

- What was this organization for, you know? - asked the prosecutor.

- It was just the rumors.

- Well, tell me, which ones?

- Someone said it was financed from abroad. Someone said that donations were being collected.

The answer seems to have satisfied the charge. There were no more questions from the prosecutor's office.

Christensen's lawyer, Irina Krasnikova, asked the witness how many times she had seen Christensen. "I saw it before the ban and after the ban, I often saw it." There was an impression that he was a leader there, "Chirikov replied.

"Is this your assumption that Christensen executed the entire process?" - Defended the lawyer.

- Yes, there was such an impression.
"The judge is interested in the conviction"
Attorney Anton Bogdanov unexpectedly asked Chirikov if, by chance, he himself was a Jehovah's Witness. To which Chirikov hastened to say that "thank God, no." The question is whether the witness believes that this religion is the only true one, Judge Aleksei Rudnev removed.

- And in general, explain why these questions? He asked.

"That all those present, and the prosecutors, among them, it was clear that for each person their religion is the only truth, otherwise, what is the point," said the lawyer.

Bogdanov asked if the witness had communicated with the accused. He replied that he did not communicate.

- Have you been monitoring the house constantly? The lawyer suddenly asked again.

- I? "The witness opened his eyes wide, bewildered, and as if he intuitively ran his hands through his pockets to make sure there was no identification of an FSB or police officer.

- Yes you are.

- Observation? Of course not! The witness responded.

In addition, the lawyers literally asked Chirikov questions, most of which were taken by the presiding judge. The situation somehow calmed down discreetly, and the parties began to communicate in high tones. Finally, after a minute's pause, lawyer Viktor Zhenkov got up and said that the presiding officer does not abandon the defense in any other way than to file a petition for the judge's challenge. According to the defense, Judge Rudnev adopted a "tendentious accusatory position" and is also interested in a certain outcome of the case. The defense claimed that Rudnev restricts the rights of lawyers.

"The judge is interested in passing a conviction," Bogdanov, a lawyer, backed his colleague and deliberately urged the judge to consider the challenge request in the counseling room, "as required by the Code of Criminal Procedure."

President Aleksei Rudnev who went to the consultation room, where he interviewed himself, as expected, decided not to self-dispense, without finding arguments for this. Therefore, it allowed me to question the latter on this day of a witness. But immediately the witness could not enter. The state attorney's office said that during the recess the witness contacted one of the women present in the room. "She told him something," the prosecutor said. The judge looked inquisitively at the woman who had entered the room. But she explained that it was her friend. She was a doctor and she treated her children.

"A witness has taken a criminal record in case of knowingly giving false testimony, so we can continue," the judge announced.

Vera Banshchikova is a retired woman. He has been a Jehovah's Witness for more than a dozen years. When I worked as a pediatrician, I accepted the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. At the services in Orel he started walking since 2008, after moving to the city. She passed the rite of baptism, was dedicated to preaching activities. "I went home and in the clinic I was able to tell those who needed it that soon the ailment would come in. Christ, as king of the heavenly government on earth, will once again devote himself to healing," explained the witness.

She told the court where and how the meetings were going, what was the situation in the Kingdom Hall. According to her, the services were carried out on Thursdays and Sundays. With Dennis Christensen, he found himself in a friendly meeting, in an apartment with friends. They introduced her simply as Dennis. They spoke in Russian. "It was difficult to understand some words, he clarified some words," said the witness. She visited the Kingdom Hall "before the capture", as the woman said, that is, until May 25, 2017, when the search was conducted there and the Danish was arrested.

Vera Banshchikova is a retired woman. He has been a Jehovah's Witness for more than a dozen years. When I worked as a pediatrician, I accepted the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. At the services in Orel he started walking since 2008, after moving to the city. She passed the rite of baptism, was dedicated to preaching activities. "I went home and in the clinic I was able to tell those who needed it that soon the ailment would come in. Christ, as king of the heavenly government on earth, will once again devote himself to healing," explained the witness.

She told the court where and how the meetings were going, what was the situation in the Kingdom Hall. According to her, the services were carried out on Thursdays and Sundays. With Dennis Christensen, he found himself in a friendly meeting, in an apartment with friends. They introduced her simply as Dennis. They spoke in Russian. "It was difficult to understand some words, he clarified some words," said the witness. She visited the Kingdom Hall "before the capture", as the woman said, that is, until May 25, 2017, when the search was conducted there and the Danish was arrested.

Vera Banshchikova said that along with all of them she also studied the Bible.

- Did you study other literature? Asked the prosecutor.

"Before, when they received brochures," they were lying on the table, "they used it, the forbidden did not study, Christensen said it was forbidden, although I do not consider it forbidden, it is based on thoughts of the Bible and helps us to improve. It was forbidden, I, of course, I got rid of him, we are law-abiding people, "said the witness.

- Have you stopped using all the brochures?

"Only prohibited".

The witness explained that Christensen was not very different in the meetings of the rest of the participants: everyone could enter the stage, all the questions were read. All of Jehovah's Witnesses could ask each other, explain something too, Christensen is no exception. As for the elderly, she explained that she had never been interested in this topic. "I once heard that it would appear that Christensen is an old man, but I can not say for sure," the woman said.

"Who is an Elder?"

"I think he is a brother who knows the Bible well and can ask for advice," the witness answered the prosecutor's question.

"And could you ask Krisensen for advice?"

- Could. In general, I could have asked someone.

- Have you ever considered the authorities? For a blood transfusion? Asked the prosecutor.

The lawyer Zhenkov objected:

- The problems of blood transfusion have absolutely nothing to do with extremism.

"Objections are rejected, response", the court addressed the witness.

- Never discussed. We are respectful people of the law. And the problems of blood transfusion are personal. Everyone decides for himself, - said Vera Banshchikova.

- And the forms about the voluntary rejection of the blood transfusion were filled? Asked the prosecutor.

- I personally am. The forms on the table were lying. But it was a long time ago, before ...

"Does this have anything to do with your teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses?" - interrupted the prosecutor.

- I can only say it for myself. There are many reasons. And based on the Bible, and related to medical research. Also, through the blood it can become infected. And our Creator, of course, knows everything. And then he warned us in the Bible, not to eat.

- That is, is transfusion equivalent to eating? - the judge specified.

"And what is the difference, how to use it," the woman replied simply.

At that moment, a telephone rang in the corridor. It turned out that the interpreter Christensen had to leave urgently. The operator informed him that a taxi was waiting for a man at the entrance of the court. Alexei Rudnev was forced to announce a break in the hearing until next Monday. After the break was announced, numerous Danish supporters surrounded the "aquarium" to communicate with him and express words of support. However, convoy personnel threatened to announce that the crowd broke up. In the room there was a ring of handcuffs, and the descendants of the Vikings were taken to the wagon of rice to take them to preventive detention, where he spent almost a year and it seems that he delayed another month.

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