Evgeniy Poveshenko

At the end of February 2023, 7 searches took place in the towns of Kingisepp and Slantsy (Leningrad region). The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the extremist article against Kirill Khabrik, Igor Zhmyrev and other unidentified persons. Charges were also brought against Sergei Ryabokony, Andrei Morozov and Yevgeniy Poveshchenko. The latter was given a measure of restraint in the form of his own recognizance, and the rest were given detention. At the end of March, searches took place in Kingisepp again. 11 believers were interrogated. Five more people became defendants in the criminal case: Miroslav Sabodash, Igor Shevlyuga, Tatyana Stepanova, Alexander Vaganov and Konstantia Vovk. They were placed in a temporary detention facility, but were soon released, and Shevlyuga spent 26 days in a pre-trial detention center. All five are prohibited from certain actions.