19 May 2020 Прочее Kamchatka Regional Court heard the appeal of spouses fined 650 thousand rubles for their faith, and tweaked the fine to 500 thousand
15 May 2020 Прочее Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy City Court suspends the consideration of the case of Sergey Ledenyov. No next date yet
7 May 2020 Прочее Kamchatka Territory Court adjourned the appeal in the case of Mikhail and Yelena Popov
29 April 2020 Прочее A hearing on the appeal against the verdict to Mikhail and Yelena Popov will be held in the Kamchatka Territory Court on May 6, 2020
21 April 2020 Прочее The coronavirus pandemic leads to adjournment of court hearings. The next hearing in the case of Sergey Ledenyov from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was postponed
27 March 2020 Прочее The trial against believers continues in Yelizovo: the prosecution witness does not recognize the defendant, the prosecutor discovers his religious bias
18 March 2020 Прочее In the Yelizovo court, a witness for the prosecution did not identify the accused. Another witness, an elderly woman, stated that she was forced to sign a protocol without letting her read it
9 March 2020 Прочее At the Bazhenov trial in Elizovo, Kamchatka, the prosecution witness described how he secretly conducted video and audio recordings of worship
5 March 2020 Прочее In Petropavlovsk-Kamchastskiy, a specialist explained to the court that Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia have the constitutional right to worship God
28 February 2020 Прочее In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the case of Sergey Ledenyov is being heard. During the interrogation of witnesses, Judge Natalya Lychkova exerted strong emotional pressure on them
24 February 2020 Прочее Hearings in the case of Sergey Ledenyov resumed. The prosecutor read out the indictment; the defendant disputed the charges
14 February 2020 Прочее On February 14, Aleksandr Ishchenko, a judge of the Vilyuchinsk City Court, sentenced spouses Mikhail Popov and Elena Popova to a fine of 650 thousand rubles jointly
13 February 2020 Прочее In Vilyuchinsk, the announcement of the verdict to Mikhail and Elena Popov was postponed to February 14. The prosecution asks court to impose a gigantic fine on them for faith
12 February 2020 Прочее In Vilyuchinsk, the prosecution asked the court to punish believers Mikhail Popov and his wife, Elena Popova, with a fine for faith totaling more than a million rubles
4 February 2020 Прочее Kamchatka Territorial Court canceled the return to the prosecutor the case of Sergey Ledenyov. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court to begin hearings
3 February 2020 Прочее In Vilyuchinsk, the trial of believers Mikhail Popov and Yelena Popova ends. The debate will begin on February 10, 2020, and the prosecution will ask for punishment
2 January 2020 Прочее Hunting the Elderly: Security Forces List Older Women in the Ranks of Extremists
23 December 2019 Прочее In Vilyuchinsk, court hearings are ongoing in the case of the Popov spouses. Defense insists on inadmissibility of evidence gathered by prosecution
16 December 2019 Прочее Another Bold Court Decision: In Kamchatka, a Criminal Case Against Believer Sergey Ledenyov Returns to the Prosecutor’s Office
