Judge of the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region Marina Tsimarno authorized a search in the apartment of Pavel Shishenko as part of a criminal case against another believer from Birobidzhan, Alam Aliyev and other unidentified persons.
As part of the large-scale operation "Judgment Day" against Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan, the couple Shishenko are searched, which is led by senior FSB operative Zakhar Konstantinov. It starts at seven in the morning and lasts about six hours. The security forces accompany their actions with humiliation and threats, they are interested in everything related to the religious activities of believers. The Bible, personal records, passports and electronic devices were seized from Pavel and his wife Yelena.
FSB investigator I. K. Fedorov opened a criminal case against Shishenko under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Pavel receives a photo of the summons for interrogation from the investigator. Later, the believer learns from the Birobidzhan media that he has been put on the federal wanted list. In the same year, it was included in the "List of organizations and individuals in respect of which there is information about their involvement in extremist activities or terrorism" (Rosfinmonitoring list).