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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

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

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

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…

June 3, 2021

Prosecutor requested punishment

Case of Scholner in Birobidzhan

During the debate, the prosecutor requests for Tatyana Sholner a sentence of 4 years in prison to be served in a penal colony of general regime, followed by restriction of freedom for a period of 2 years and other restrictions (not to change the place of residence without notifying the specialized…

May 14, 2021

Prosecutor requested punishment

Case of Ponomarenko in Rostov-on-Don

The court proceeds to the stage of deliberations. The prosecutor requests a sentence of 2 years probation and 1 year of probation for the elderly believer.

April 30, 2021

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Vilitkevich in Ufa

Another prosecution witness, a 31-year-old woman, is being questioned. She cannot recall her own testimony given earlier and asks the court to read it out. Also, the witness is confused in describing the circumstances and events related to the case. The woman says that she never met Anatoly…

April 26, 2021

Prosecutor requested punishment

Case of Popov and Eremeev in Novosibirsk

The debate of the parties is taking place. The prosecutor requests a punishment for Vitaliy Popov for believing in God: 6 years in prison with deprivation of the right to hold public service positions related to the exercise of the function of a representative of the authorities or the performance…

April 21, 2021

Court of Cassation

Case of Metsger in Perm

The Seventh Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction in Chelyabinsk, chaired by Judge Dmitry Kurin, leaves unchanged the verdict and the appellate ruling to Alexei Metzger.

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