defence subsequently contested

The indictment accused Sergey Zhigalov and Viktor Kudinov of “the organisation and conduct of [worship services], which is expressed in setting tasks for other participants, calling on participants to respond, and also in the subsequent expression of gratitude for the given answers”. Prosecutors in the case against Zhigalov and Kudinov commissioned a “religious studies expert analysis”. The defence subsequently contested this in court, pointing out that the sources used were not academic. The defence noted that it was hostile to the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ faith and “went beyond the competence of the expert”. Prosecutors based their case on testimony from two “secret witnesses”. One, Nadezha Dykman, was given the false cover name of Ivanova. สล็อต เว็บตรง