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News

January 28, 2026

Actions of Law Enforcement Officers

New Searches and Detentions in Khakassia. Three Sent to Pretrial Detention Center

October 29, 2025

Actions of Law Enforcement Officers

Five Suspects — Three in Pretrial Detention. Recent Raid in Khakassia Affected Elderly Jehovah’s Witnesses

October 23, 2025

Legal Victories

"Unlawfully Prosecuted". ECHR Found Violation of Rights of 28 More Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

September 29, 2025

Actions of Law Enforcement Officers

Mass Searches in Khakassia and Krasnoyarsk Territory. Three Believers Sent to Pretrial Detention Center

June 16, 2022

Unjust Verdicts

An Appeal in Abakan Upheld Suspended Sentences for Two Believers—Two-and-a-Half Years Each for Holding Bible Discussions

May 5, 2022

Served Sentences

The Oldest Believer Was Released From Prison on Probation. The Court of Appeal Approved the Decision to Release Valentina Baranovskaya

April 5, 2022

Unjust Verdicts

Matryona Spiriadi, 68, and Aleksandr Vergunov, 24, Based in Abakan, Were Each Handed a Two-and-a-Half-Year Suspended Sentence for Reading the Bible

April 1, 2022

Inside Penal Colonies and Detention Centers

Valentina Baranovskaya is feeling pressured by the correctional colony's administration. According to a prison priest, a Bible was taken away from her

March 17, 2022

Criminal trial

The verdict announcement in an Abakan case of Aleksandr Vergunov and Matryona Spiriadi has been postponed: the court ordered the resumption of the investigation

March 11, 2022

Criminal trial

“How can singing, praying, and studying the Bible harm the state?” Matrena Spiriadi's concluding remarks in an Abakan court

March 8, 2022

Inside Penal Colonies and Detention Centers

The prosecutor's office appealed the early release of 70-year-old believer Valentina Baranovskaya. She will remain in the penal colony at least until the appeal decision

February 23, 2022

Inside Penal Colonies and Detention Centers

A Khakassia court ordered the release of the 70-year-old Valentina Baranovskaya, convicted for practicing her faith, ahead of schedule from a correctional colony. The prosecutor can appeal this decision

February 16, 2022

Criminal trial

Abakan-based Aleksandr Vergunov delivered his concluding remarks. The verdict announcement is expected after Matryona Spiriadi's concluding remarks on February 28

December 23, 2021

Criminal trial

The prosecutor asked the court to appoint 5 years in prison for 68-year-old Matrеna Spiriadi and 24-year-old Alexandr Vergunov, Jehovah's Witnesses from Abakan

December 2, 2021

Actions of Law Enforcement Officers

New searches in the case against 7 Jehovah's Witnesses from Irkutsk took place in Khakassia and the Kemerovo region. Two believers were detained and sent to a pre-trial detention center

October 20, 2021

Served Sentences

The Court Refused to Early Release 70-year-old Valentina Baranovskaya From the Colony, Despite Her Serious Illness

September 13, 2021

Inside Penal Colonies and Detention Centers

Thanks to the doctor’s visit, 70-year-old Valentina Baranovskaya, who is serving time for her faith in the Ust’-Abakan colony, began to receive necessary medical treatmen

July 23, 2021

Inside Penal Colonies and Detention Centers

Roman Baranovskiy, convicted for his faith,transferred to correctional colony No. 3 in the city of Chita. He can receive letters of support

July 8, 2021

Inside Penal Colonies and Detention Centers

Roman Baranovsky cannot receive letters yet. He left detention center in Abakan and is in the process of moving to one of the institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Trans-Baikal Territory

July 6, 2021

Говорят очевидцы

What Happened in Abakan? Details Around the Sentence that Sent a 70-Year-Old Woman and Her Son to Prison for Believing in Jehovah

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