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August 7, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Isakov and Minsafin in Kurgan

In his final statement, Anatoly Isakov says: "Your Honor, how can high-ranking people, for example, the president, members of the Council of Europe, representatives of the UN or you, learn about God? Only the situation with the persecution of believers will create such conditions. And now here I am…

July 30, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Kononenko and Others in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur

The defendants make their final statements.

July 26, 2024

Release from penal colony

The Case of Meleshko in Kholmskaya

At the request of the correctional colony, judge Nadezhda Kuchukova imposed administrative supervision on Vasiliy Meleshko. In addition to the restrictions imposed earlier, the believer is forbidden to leave the Abinsk district without the permission of the internal affairs bodies. In addition, the…

July 25, 2024

Case dismissed

The case of Samoilova and Others in Rybinsk

A. Grigoriev, investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region, terminates the case against the believers and withdraws their recognizance not to leave. The ruling states: "The…

July 16, 2024

Detention center

The Case of Maletskov and Chaplykina in Novosibirsk

There are 6 more people in the cell with Valery Maletskov. They treat him with respect as he is the eldest among them. For his personal qualities and behavior, he received the nickname "intellectual". The attitude of the staff of the detention center is also good. The conditions in the cell are not…

July 14, 2024

Transfer of a prisoner

The Case of Fedorov in Petrozavodsk

Sergey Fedorov is transferred from the pre-trial detention center in Petrozavodsk to pre-trial detention center-2 in the city of Segezha.

July 12, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Gadrshina in Vyselki

The court rejects the lawyer's statement submitted at the previous hearing about the investigator's violation of the terms of the investigation. The public defender submits a second motion to return the case to the prosecutor. It states that this criminal case was initiated unlawfully, since the…

July 11, 2024

Life in prison

The Case of Gerasimov in Kazan

Aleksey Gerasimov is in penal colony No. 12 in Mordovia. There he will serve the term appointed by the court. You can write letters to the believer.

June 26, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Spirichev in Vyselki

About 15 people come to the hearing to support the believer. The state prosecutor reads out the written materials of the case, including the protocol of the search and the examination of religious scholar Pavel Boyko. The judge grants the motion of the state prosecutor to postpone the hearing due to…

June 25, 2024

Prosecutor requested punishment

The Case of Globa in Unecha

The prosecutor requests a three-year suspended sentence for the believer. "You have not had the opportunity to hear or read about the wonderful future of which the Bible is written. I am glad that I had the opportunity to talk about it," Yulia Globa makes her final statement. At the same session,…

June 25, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Petrenko in Gorno-Altaysk

Sergey Petrenko gives his last word in court.

June 19, 2024

Detention center

Case of Samsonov and Others in Neftekumsk

52-year-old Jehovah's Witness Aleksey Shcherbich is detained. The next day, he reports that he is in the FSB department in Stavropol. It is already known that the believer's case has been separated into separate proceedings and he has been charged with organizing and financing the activities of an…

June 17, 2024

Retrial (court of first instance)

Case of Rumyantseva in Vyselki

The case is transferred to Judge Elizaveta Proskuryakova, and the hearings begin anew.

June 17, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The case of Dvurechenskiy in Vyselki

The case is referred to Judge Elizaveta Proskuryakova, in connection with which the hearings begin anew.

June 17, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The case of Irina Zinina in Vyselki

The case is referred to Judge Elizaveta Proskuryakova, in connection with which the hearings begin anew.

June 13, 2024

Life in prison

Case of Baranovskiy in Abakan

Roman Baranovsky is kept in a barracks, in which, in addition to him, there are about 80 other prisoners. His relationship with the administration and other prisoners is neutral. In the colony, the believer even received dental care. Roman tries not to lose heart, but he worries about his…

June 10, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The Case of Tutinova and Others in Elista

The prosecutor asks for punishment: for Kishta Tutinova - 6 years probation with a probationary period of 4 years, for Tsagan Khalgaeva - 3 years probation with a probation period of 2 years, for Ekaterina Menkova - 2 years and 6 months probation with a probation period of 2 years. The debate of the…

June 6, 2024

Court of Cassation

Second Case of Prianikov and Others in Karpinsk

The Seventh Court of Cassation refuses to consider the prosecutor's submission. The court agrees with the previous instances that the indictment does not contain essential elements of a crime sufficient to pass a sentence or other decision. The cassation considers the prosecutor's arguments…

June 6, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The case of Lyudmila Zinina in Vyselki

The court does not satisfy the defense's request to declassify the secret witness. His interrogation takes place in a separate room. The secret witness says he has known Jehovah's Witnesses since the late 1980s. I never met or communicated with Lyudmila personally. Neither he nor his family had ever…

May 31, 2024

Search

Case of Gaytur in Kurgan

Anastasia Gaitur, the daughter of Oleksandr Gaytur, is being searched. The believer himself is also in the apartment at this moment. He is seriously ill and cannot get out of bed. Investigator S.G. Ermolaev conducts the search for more than 4 hours, while personal belongings of believers are seized.…

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