Sergey Petrenko
Appeal in Altai Upholds the Sentence of One of Jehovah's Witnesses — Four Years Suspended
AltaiOn September 12, 2024, the Supreme Court of the Altai Republic upheld Sergey Petrenko's four-year suspended sentence for peacefully practicing his faith, which was qualified as participation in the activities of an extremist organization.
During the trial in the Petrenko case, it turned out that five out of seven volumes were completely copied from the Kalistratov case. The trial lasted a year and a half and ended in a guilty verdict. Sergey Petrenko still pleads not guilty: "As a result of a miscarriage of justice, I was convicted only of professing beliefs based on the Bible."