Case of Kovadnev and others in Komsomolsk-on-Amur Ivan Nikitin

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Case of Kovadnev and others in Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Ivan Nikitin

Updated: August 31, 2023


Name: Nikitin, Ivan Viktorovich

Date of Birth: January 20, 1976

Current status: suspect

Article of the Russian Criminal Code: 282.2 (1.1)

Current restrictions: summon to report


Biography


In May 2023, after a series of searches, Ivan Nikitin learned that he had become a defendant in a criminal case for his faith. Law enforcement officers accused him of extremism because of peaceful talk about the Bible.


Ivan was born in January 1976 in Amursk (Khabarovsk Territory). He has an elder brother and a younger brother and sister. The parents have been dead for a long time. From the 5th grade of school until graduation, Ivan was fond of rifle shooting.


At the school, Ivan received the profession of a welder, after which he worked as a plumber. Two years later, he got a job in his profession, and in 2000 he moved to Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where he continued to work as a welder. In his free time, Ivan likes to fish on mountain rivers, embroider, grow grapes in the country.


Ivan met his future wife at work. They got married in November 2008. The Nikitins have an adult son. Galiya is a plasterer-painter by profession. In her spare time, she loves to grow flowers.


In 2007, Galiya began to study the Bible. After some time, Ivan heard a familiar name—Jehovah. He once recognized it from a movie. So Ivan became interested in what is written in the Bible. Having received answers to questions that had long worried him from this book, in the spring of 2009 he decided to embark on the Christian path.


Relatives were worried about the fact that due to criminal prosecution, the believer could be left without work and lose the opportunity to provide for his family financially, but the management at work treated Ivan with understanding.


Brief history of the case


In May 2023, civilians in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as the village of Khurba and the village of Molodezhny, were subjected to night searches because of their religion. The Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Territory and the Jewish Autonomous Region opened a criminal case against 8 believers - Vasily and Irina Bondarev, Sergey and Ulita Sachnev, Nikolai Kovadnev, Ivan Nikitin, Mikhail Dorofeev, Radion Shitov, Marina Voitko and Svetlana Zharkova. They are charged with involvement in the activities of a banned organization.


Criminal case


Region:

Khabarovsk Territory

Locality:

Komsomolsk-on-Amur

Case number:

12302080009000073

Initiated:

May 4, 2023

Current stage of the case:

preliminary investigation

Articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:

282.2 (1.1)

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