Russian court refuses to arrest 3 Jehovah's Witnesses accused of setting up extremist organization
Moscow, November 27, Interfax - Moscow's Presnensky Court on Friday declined the investigator's request to place in custody another four detained Jehovah's Witnesses (organization recognized as extremist and banned in Russia).
"The court has declined to grant the investigator's motion requesting that a measure of restraint be selected in the form of custody for Ivan Stepanovich Chaikovsky, Vitaly Viktorovich Komarov, and Yury Yevgenyevich Chernyshyov. The court has ordered house arrest until January 23 as their measure of restraint," court spokesperson Lela Kokaya told Interfax.
The court has extended the detention period through November 30 for another detained suspect in the case, Vardan Pegatosovich Zakaryan," Kokaya said.
The others have been charged with organizing the activity of a civil or religious association dissolved or banned by court due to the organization pursuing an extremist activity.