Matveeva case in Lesosibirsk Matveeva Anna

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 Matveeva case in Lesosibirsk

 Matveeva Anna

 Updated: April 10, 2024


 Full name: Matveeva Anna Nikolaevna

 Date of birth: April 6, 1977

 Current status in criminal case: defendant

 Articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: 282.2 (2)

 Current restrictions: recognizance not to leave


 Biography


 In January 2023, Anna Matveeva, a Jehovah's Witness from Lesosibirsk, became a defendant in a criminal case for talking about the Bible with friends.


 Anna was born in April 1977 in the village of Selenduma (Republic of Buryatia).  Until the age of 9, she was raised by her paternal grandparents in the city of Oster, Chernigov region (Ukraine), and in 1986, after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Anna moved to her aunt in the village of Nevonka, Krasnoyarsk region.


 Since childhood, Anna has loved books and music.  As a teenager, she received a musical education in the accordion class, and connected her profession with the Russian language and literature - she graduated from the Pedagogical Institute in Lesosibirsk and has been working in her specialty for many years.


 In her free time, Anna likes to walk around her city and its surroundings, and also go ice skating down the slide in winter.  She is married and the couple have two adult children.


 One day Anna became interested in what was written in the Bible.  She was especially impressed by how Bible prophecy was being fulfilled in our day.  The knowledge she gained also helped her make sure that God hears and answers her prayers.  In 2013, 15 years after her first acquaintance with the Bible, Anna decided to become a Jehovah's Witness.


 Faced with criminal prosecution for her faith, Anna tries not to lose heart, but to focus on how God, family and friends support her.


 Brief history of the case


 In the fall of 2021, FSB and Investigative Committee officers conducted searches in Lesosibirsk (Krasnoyarsk Territory) as part of the case against Valery Shitz.  Anna Matveeva also underwent investigative actions at that time.  In January 2023, a criminal case was opened against her.  In discussing the Bible with friends, the investigation saw “participation in the activities of a prohibited LRO.”  The believer was given a written undertaking not to leave the place.

 Chronology


 Case Summary


 Region:

 Krasnoyarsk region

 Locality:

 Lesosibirsk

 What is suspected:

 “While in her apartment... using unidentified electronic devices... she trained adherents of the preaching activities of the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses by studying and discussing religious literature and other sources” (from the decision to bring her as an accused)

 Criminal case number:

 12302040012000006

 Case initiated:

 January 30, 2023

 Current stage of the case:

 Trial before the court of first instance

 Investigates:

 Investigative Department for the city of Lesosibirsk of the Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Republic of Khakassia

 Articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:

 282.2 (2)

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