On April 10, 2017, at 2:30 p.m., the Sergiev Posad City Court continues hearings in the criminal case against Vyacheslav Stepanov and Andrey Sivak from the local Christian congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.
They are accused of "extremist activities", the "proof" of which are video recordings of their spiritual sermons. To find out whether these speeches contain "signs of extremism", the court appointed an examination at the Federal Budgetary Institution "Russian Federal Center for Forensic Examination under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation". The results of this examination have already been submitted to the court, in connection with which the continuation of the hearings is scheduled.