The Investigative Committee disclosed details of the detention of an Orthodox priest in Viciebsk, one of the temples of the Leningrad Region (Russia). According to the information of the SC, the priest was detained at the bus station, and not in a stash.

"The Viciebsk city department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus is investigating a criminal case against a Russian citizen on the grounds of the crime provided for by part 1 of Article 14, part 2 of Article 171 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (attempt to organize and use prostitution by another person that involves taking State of the person for the purpose of prostitution)".

The basis for the initiation of the criminal case was the materials received from the employees to counter the illegal drug trafficking and human trafficking of the internal affairs bodies of Viciebsk.

It was established that a resident of the Leningrad Region, born in 1978, while on the territory of the city of Viciebsk, through persuasions and promises, tried to organize the export to the city of St. Petersburg for the prostitution of two women in Viciebsk. He could not bring his intent to the end, since on August 3, after 17 hours, he was detained by officers of the internal affairs bodies.

The suspect, together with 20-year-old and 30-year-old women, was detained near the bus station in Viciebsk at the time of boarding a bus that was heading for St. Petersburg.

Investigators conduct initial investigative actions aimed at clarifying the circumstances of the incident. The suspect was interrogated. Investigators will apply for a preventive measure in the form of detention, the information of the UK says.

Earlier, on Aug. 5, the 47news edition reported that a priest from the Leningrad region of Russia was detained in Viciebsk during the storming of a brothel with prostitutes. Leaving his temple on August 2, he told that he was going to visit the monastery in the Moscow region. To his wife, Father Nikolai (Kireev) did not say anything, and she in a few days turned to the police.

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