On August 14 and 16, Jehovah’s Witnesses were searched in four cities of Crimea. It is reported by Crimea.Realities.
Searches were carried out in such cities as Ermeni Bazar (Armiansk), Aqmescit (Simferopol), Saky and Dzhankoi.
In Aqmescit (Simferopol) a search was conducted in the homes of two residents: the first was Kateryna Melnychuk – she was interrogated, after which she was informed about the opening of a criminal case and released on bail. The second was Dmytro Zakharevych – the man also received a ruling on charges in a criminal case, but he had already been placed under house arrest.
In Saky, seven security forces, four of whom were armed, searched the house of a 62-year-old local resident, after which he was sent for interrogation.