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Statistics
Imprisoned for Their Faith
Statistics on the current situation in Russia on May 29, 2026
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- in the colony
- in detention
- in forced labor
- released
Adygea
1
1
3
Altai Territory
3
3
1
2
Amur Region
12
3
5
Arkhangelsk Region
1
Astrakhan Region
6
2
Bashkortostan
2
5
Belgorod
1
Bryansk Region
4
Chelyabinsk Region
3
1
5
Chuvashia
1
Crimea
14
1
11
Dagestan
4
Irkutsk Region
8
1
Ivanovo Region
3
Jewish Autonomous Area
3
2
Kalmykia
1
Kaluga Region
2
Kamchatka Territory
5
Karachay-Cherkessia
2
2
Karelia
1
1
Kemerovo Region
3
1
10
Khabarovsk Territory
12
Khakassia
1
7
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area
9
Kirov Region
6
Komi
5
Kostroma Region
1
2
Krasnodar Territory
3
1
16
Krasnoyarsk Territory
4
1
14
Kurgan Region
4
Kursk Region
1
7
Leningrad Region
10
Lipetsk Region
10
Magadan Region
4
Mari El
2
Mordovia
4
5
Moscow
9
3
9
Moscow Region
1
6
Murmansk Region
1
6
Nizhegorod Region
10
10
North Ossetia-Alania
1
Novosibirsk Region
2
3
Omsk Region
4
Orenburg Region
3
Oryol Region
1
6
Penza Region
5
Perm Territory
6
Primorye Territory
8
17
Pskov Region
2
Rostov Region
5
12
Sakhalin Region
1
Samara Region
6
2
Saratov Region
21
Smolensk Region
8
St. Petersburg
1
Stavropol Territory
5
Tambov Region
1
1
Tatarstan
2
8
Tomsk Region
1
10
4
Trans-Baikal Territory
3
2
3
Tula Region
4
Tver Region
4
4
Tyva
2
Udmurtia
8
2
Ulyanovsk Region
8
Vladimir Region
6
Volgograd Region
1
3
Vologda Region
2
Voronezh Region
8
3
Yaroslavl Region
6
957
individuals persecuted under Criminal Code Article 282.2
533
Previously / currently incarcerated
7
52
119
currently
serving forced labor
serving forced labor
currently
in pretrial detention
in pretrial detention
currently
in penal colony
in penal colony
Also currently:
35
ban on activities
71
recognizance agreement
25
under house arrest
2350
home searches
590
added to the List of Extremists and Terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring
693
sentences total
224
sentenced to colony
340
suspended sentence
112
fined
13
in forced labor
1
acquitted
Imprisoned for Their Faith
Statistics on the current situation in Russia on May 29, 2026
- in the colony
- in detention
- in forced labor
- released
Adygea
1
1
3
Altai Territory
3
3
1
2
Amur Region
12
3
5
Arkhangelsk Region
1
Astrakhan Region
6
2
Bashkortostan
2
5
Belgorod
1
Bryansk Region
4
Chelyabinsk Region
3
1
5
Chuvashia
1
Crimea
14
1
11
Dagestan
4
Irkutsk Region
8
1
Ivanovo Region
3
Jewish Autonomous Area
3
2
Kalmykia
1
Kaluga Region
2
Kamchatka Territory
5
Karachay-Cherkessia
2
2
Karelia
1
1
Kemerovo Region
3
1
10
Khabarovsk Territory
12
Khakassia
1
7
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area
9
Kirov Region
6
Komi
5
Kostroma Region
1
2
Krasnodar Territory
3
1
16
Krasnoyarsk Territory
4
1
14
Kurgan Region
4
Kursk Region
1
7
Leningrad Region
10
Lipetsk Region
10
Magadan Region
4
Mari El
2
Mordovia
4
5
Moscow
9
3
9
Moscow Region
1
6
Murmansk Region
1
6
Nizhegorod Region
10
10
North Ossetia-Alania
1
Novosibirsk Region
2
3
Omsk Region
4
Orenburg Region
3
Oryol Region
1
6
Penza Region
5
Perm Territory
6
Primorye Territory
8
17
Pskov Region
2
Rostov Region
5
12
Sakhalin Region
1
Samara Region
6
2
Saratov Region
21
Smolensk Region
8
St. Petersburg
1
Stavropol Territory
5
Tambov Region
1
1
Tatarstan
2
8
Tomsk Region
1
10
4
Trans-Baikal Territory
3
2
3
Tula Region
4
Tver Region
4
4
Tyva
2
Udmurtia
8
2
Ulyanovsk Region
8
Vladimir Region
6
Volgograd Region
1
3
Vologda Region
2
Voronezh Region
8
3
Yaroslavl Region
6
957
individuals persecuted under Criminal Code Article 282.2
533
Previously / currently incarcerated
7
52
119
currently
serving forced labor
serving forced labor
currently
in pretrial detention
in pretrial detention
currently
in penal colony
in penal colony
Also currently:
35
ban on activities
71
recognizance agreement
25
under house arrest
2350
home searches
590
added to the List of Extremists and Terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring
693
sentences total
224
sentenced to colony
340
suspended sentence
112
fined
13
in forced labor
1
acquitted
- The unjust criminal prosecution creates many difficulties for believers, which for most remain "behind the scenes." Often, difficulties begin even before sentencing and continue after the sentence has been served. This article explains what is meant by the restrictions most often applied to believers. Read more
- No. According to the Russian Government’s explanation, the Supreme Court banned the activities of legal entities that no longer exist, but not religion as such. Read more
- The word “sect” has a narrow scientific and everyday meaning. None of them apply to Jehovah’s Witnesses. Why? Read more
- Four facts that allow us to see the situation in a different light. Read more
- Three reasons that formed the basis for all accusations of extremism. Read more
- Evidence has accumulated that law enforcement officers and persons collaborating with them systematically plant printed publications at worship services. Why? Read more
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"They imprison less, but more severely." Repressions against Jehovah's Witnesses: 2024 Overview
Courts continue to send Jehovah’s Witnesses to prison, and the sentence of three of them has set a new record for severity. There have been cases of violence and torture, the proportion of the elderly among the “prisoners of conscience” has increased, there are people with severe disabilities, one of whom died shortly after the verdict; the trend of prosecuting entire families continues.
