A Komsomolsk-on-Amur prosecutor requested a six-years penal colony for believer Nikolay Aliyev

On March 23, 2021, during a debate in the Central District Court of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the prosecutor asked the court to send 42-year-old Nikolai Aliyev to a general regime colony for 6 years, followed by restriction of freedom for 2 years. His "guilt" lies only in the fact that he professes the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Investigator Aleksey Evsyugov opened a criminal case against Nikolay Aliyev in April 2020. The formal reason for this was video recordings of a conversation between a believer and a person depicting an interest in the Bible. The investigator considered the peaceful conversations to be "the organization of extremist activities." Soon Nikolay's apartment was searched, followed by interrogation, during which the security forces strongly advised Nikolay and his wife to change their religion, as well as to help fabricate criminal cases against other Jehovah's Witnesses.

To date, in the Khabarovsk Territory, 17 people have already become victims of criminal prosecution for their faith. Four were convicted, and one of them, Valery Moskalenko, has already served his sentence.