The case of Kupriyanskiy and others in Kursk

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The case of Kupriyanskiy and others in Kursk

Oksana Chausova

Updated: September 11, 2023


Name: Chausova, Oksana Borisovna

Date of Birth: June 18, 1986

Current status: accused

spent in custody: 2 days in temporary holding facility, 32 days under house arrest

Current restrictions: house arrest


Biography


In August 2023, Oksana Chausova, together with her husband Dmitry , was subjected to criminal prosecution only because she believes in Jehovah God. After the search, law enforcement officers sent Oksana under house arrest and her husband to a pre-trial detention center.


Oksana was born in June 1986 in the city of Shu (Kazakhstan). When the girl was 13 years old, her father died. She was raised by her mother and stepfather.


Oksana's youth passed in the Kursk region. There she graduated from medical school with a degree in nursing. In recent years, she has worked as a manicure and pedicure master.


Oksana got married in 2012, and then moved to Kursk. Her husband, Dmitry, is a welder by profession and loves viticulture.


Thanks to her believing grandparents, Oksana was familiar with the Bible from childhood, and when she grew up, she began to seriously think about the meaning of life and whether justice would be restored throughout the world. She found answers to her questions on the pages of the Bible, and her trust in this book and God increased. In 2014, Oksana and her husband embarked on the Christian path.


Faced with criminal prosecution, Oksana lost her job and began to have serious health problems. Her family does not understand how in modern society a person can suffer only because of his religious views.


Criminal case


Region:

Kursk Region

Locality:

Kursk

Criminal case number:

12307380001000014

Current stage of the case:

preliminary investigation

Articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:

282.2 (2).

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