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November 17, 2021

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Sukhov's case in Krasnoyarsk

Vitaly Sukhov testifies. He says: "The episodes of participation in worship services imputed to me can only indicate the exercise of the right to use methods of expressing faith that the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation did not evaluate or prohibit ... I have never been a member of the local…

November 10, 2021

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Karimov and Others in Naberezhnye Chelny

The defense is filing a number of motions. The court rejects the petitions for recognition of the searches as illegal, for the appointment of a comprehensive linguistic and religious examination, for the inclusion of the Protocol of the Public Trial of Jehovah's Witnesses for 1962, the brochure "The…

October 25, 2021

First Instance Sentence

Case of Ostapenko in Sharypovo

Judge of the Sharypovsky City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Inga Gavritskaya finds Anton Ostapenko guilty and sentences him to 6 years and 3 months of suspended sentence with a probationary period of 4 years and 1.5 years of additional restrictions.

October 25, 2021

First Instance Sentence

Case of Vavilov and Oreshkov in Pavlovo

Judge Dmitry Pestov finds Aleksey Oreshkov, Aleksandr Rakovsky and Aleksandr Vavilov guilty of participating in extremist activities and sentences them to 3 years of suspended imprisonment.

October 21, 2021

Art. 282.2 (1)

Case of Ohanyan in Vlasikha

It becomes known that Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (involvement in the activities of an extremist organization) was excluded from the charge against Sergey Oganyan. Now he is charged with a crime under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of…

October 19, 2021

Court of Cassation

Case of Aksenov in Khabarovsk

The Ninth Court of Cassation, composed of the presiding judge Galina Dezhurnaya, judges Alexei Vasilyev and Elena Nikolaenko, is considering the complaint of Yevgeny Aksyonov. Speaking before the court, the believer draws attention to the previous violation of international law, including Articles…

October 14, 2021

Case of Lonshakov in Tavrichanka

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Belarus refuses to extradite Oleg Lonshakov to the Russian authorities. The believer's preventive measure is revoked and released.

October 12, 2021

Prosecutor requested punishment

Case of Saveliyeva in Seversk

The prosecutor is requesting a fine of 500,000 rubles for 80-year-old Elena Savelyeva.

September 24, 2021

Life in prison

The Case of Klimov in Tomsk

The lawyer visits Sergey in IK-8. The health of the believer still leaves much to be desired. His eyesight is deteriorating, and he recently had to buy new glasses. According to the lawyer, Sergey's relations with his cellmates are respectful. One of the employees of the colony, in an interview with…

September 23, 2021

Compensation

Case of Zalipayev in Mayskiy

The Supreme Court of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic on appeal reduces the amount of compensation for moral damage to Yuri Zalipayev to 500,000 rubles. This decision takes effect immediately. The amount of compensation for non-pecuniary damage does not include coverage of legal costs.

September 9, 2021

First Instance Sentence

Case of Gubin in Birobidzhan

Yulia Tsykina, judge of the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region, finds Andrey Gubin guilty and sentences him to 2 years and 6 months of probation, 2 years of probation and 1 year of restriction of freedom for reading the Bible.

July 29, 2021

Closing arguments for the defense

Case of Guzeva in Birobidzhan

In the debate, Anstasia Guzeva's lawyer and the believer herself take the floor. In her speech, Guzeva notes that during the court hearings it was proved that there was no crime in the actions that are imputed to her. Anastasia explains why she did not stop professing the faith of Jehovah's…

July 28, 2021

Court of Appeal

Case of Shut in Razdolnoye

The hearing on the appeal of Lyudmila Shut is postponed again due to the fact that the believer continues treatment for pneumonia.

July 16, 2021

Search

The case of Ortanova and others in Mayskoye

Searches are being conducted in at least three homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in Mayskoye. The security forces seize the personal belongings of believers, some are taken to the police station, and then released. Armed officers of the FSB and the Center for Countering Extremism, accompanied by riot…

July 2, 2021

Court of Appeal

Case of Sorokina and Troshina in Sychevka

Appeal hearings are postponed to September 15.

July 1, 2021

First Instance Sentence

The case of Suvorov in Chelyabinsk

Judge of the Metallurgichesky District Court of Chelyabinsk, Oksana Mitina, finds the elderly believer guilty of organizing the activities of a banned organization and sentences him to 6 years of suspended imprisonment with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership and…

June 24, 2021

Case initiated

The case of Krasnolutsky in Abakan

The local department of the Investigative Committee initiates a criminal case against 46-year-old Vladimir Krasnolutsky for organizing the activities of an extremist organization.

June 23, 2021

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Moiseyenko in Zeya

Konstantin Moiseyenko testifies in his defense. A petition is filed to study the decisions of the ECHR regarding Jehovah's Witnesses, the Opinions of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the working group on arbitrary meetings of the UN, the conclusions of various expert…

June 18, 2021

Died during investigation

Case of Mamykina in Arkhangelsk

It becomes known that Kaleria Mamykina died from complications caused by COVID-19. She did not wait for the results of her rehabilitation, which would have included an official apology from the prosecutor, compensation for material and moral damage. In November 2019, senior investigator Lieutenant…

June 11, 2021

Search

Kazakov's case in Kyzyl

At 8 o'clock in the morning in Krasnoyarsk, a search is being conducted at the place of registration of Alexander Kazakov. The operation is led by police captain Viktor Petrenko, an operative of the CPE of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Tuva, accompanied by two employees of the…

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