The case of Serdtseva and Smirnova in Shakhunya

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The case of Serdtseva and Smirnova in Shakhunya

Larisa Serdtseva

Updated: May 27, 2024


FULL NAME: Larisa Nikolaevna Serdtseva

Date of birth: July 11, 1975

Current status in the criminal case: suspect

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


Biography


Larisa Serdtseva, a mother of many children, became a defendant in a criminal case because of her beliefs in February 2024.


Larisa was born in July 1975 in the city of Neftekamsk (Bashkiria). She grew up with her older brother. Their father worked in the oil and gas industries, their mother worked as a salesman.


After school, Larisa became a seamstress. Later, she worked in various fields, and at the time of the initiation of the criminal case, she worked for a cleaning company.


During her life, Larisa had to live in different cities of the Urals: Agidel, Urengoy and Muravlenko. In 1998, she married Vladimir, and after a while they moved to Shakhunya, Nizhny Novgorod region, her husband's homeland. The couple had three daughters. The older one is already an adult, works as a salesman, the younger ones are still in school.


Larisa loves to grow flowers. The family enjoys traveling. The head of the family likes carpentry, the eldest daughter is fond of photography, the middle one likes to draw, knit and weave beads, and the youngest loves animals.


Larisa has been worried for many years about why there is so much injustice in the world. She found the answer to this question in the Bible. She decided to take the Christian path in 2001. Seeing that the use of biblical advice had a positive effect on his wife and children, 10 years later Vladimir also decided to become a Jehovah's Witness.


Larisa shared: "The criminal prosecution has strengthened my faith. My husband and I became very close — he is such a support for me! And in general, the whole family rallied together." Everyone around them — friends and family — cannot understand why they persecute a believer.


A brief history of the case


In February 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a criminal case against unidentified persons for participating in the activities of an extremist organization. At the same time, searches were conducted at 7 addresses in the cities of Shakhunya, Gorodets and the village of Vakhtan. The suspects were Nina Smirnova and Larisa Serdtseva.


Summary of the case


Region:

Nizhny Novgorod region

Locality:

Shahunya

Criminal case number:

12401220033000032

Case initiated:

February 6, 2024

Current stage of the case:

Preliminary investigation

Investigating:

From the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Shakhunya

Articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:

282.2 (2)

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