In Another City in Rostov Region, Jehovah's Witnesses Faced Persecution

On November 17, 2025, searches and interrogations were carried out in the homes of at least four believers from Bataysk. One man was placed in a temporary detention center, where he is now awaiting trial for restriction measure.

Bataysk became the fifth city in the Rostov region (along with Rostov, Taganrog, Novocherkassk, Gukovo) where Jehovah's Witnesses are persecuted for their religion. This began in the region in 2011 in Taganrog, when the Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case against sixteen of Jehovah's Witnesses for reading the Bible, singing and praying together.