Biography
In March 2021 a criminal case was initiated under an extremist article against Lydiya Nekrasova, a peaceful pensioner from Syktyvkar, only because she is a Jehovah's Witness.
Lidiya was born in January 1953 into a family of believing parents. Her elder brother was then 18. Since childhood, Lidiya loved to ski, play outdoor games, especially volleyball. After graduation, she worked for some time as a primary school teacher, and later as a nurse, until her retirement. Lidiya has three adult sons. Unfortunately her husband passed away in February 2024.
In the 1990s, Lydia began to study the Bible. Thanks to this, she found convincing answers to her many questions about life.
The elderly woman's health was seriously affected by the criminal prosecution - she started having trouble sleeping. Relatives are very worried about Lydiya and hope for a positive outcome of the current situation.
Case History
In March 2021, massive searches of Jehovah’s Witnesses took place in Syktyvkar. Sergey Ushakhin, Andrey Kharlamov, Aleksandr Ketov and Aleksandr Kruglyakov were placed in a temporary detention facility. The Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case against them and Lidiya Nekrasova, accusing the believers of organizing the activities of an extremist organization and participating in it. Sergey, 60, a group II disabled person, and Lydia, 68, were under recognizance agreement. Kharlamov and Ketov found themselves under house arrest, and Kruglyakov — in custody for two months. Later, for Ketov and Kruglyakov, the preventive measure was changed to prohibition of certain actions. After a year, the case went to trial. Since the charges were drawn up in violation of the law and no facts of extremism were identified, the judge returned the case to the prosecutor. In January 2023, it was back in court. In August 2023, Sergey Ushakhin’s condition suddenly deteriorated, and he died.
