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December 19, 2023

Life in prison

The case of Ivshin in Kholmskaya

66-year-old Aleksandr Ivshin, who is serving a sentence in a colony for his faith, is experiencing serious health problems. Recently, his blood pressure dropped sharply, causing him to lose consciousness. He was given the necessary medications, after which the pressure returned to normal. Ivshin…

December 18, 2023

Final statement

The Case of Samus in Kostroma

The believer gives her last word in court.

November 29, 2023

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The Case of Kokovin in Yaroslavl

The prosecution recognizes the errors in the examination as critical and petitions for the appointment of a second phonoscopic examination in another center. The meeting is postponed until the examination is made.

November 22, 2023

Retrial (court of first instance)

Case of Baranov and Li in Vyazemskiy

December 26. The case goes to the Vyazemsky District Court of the Khabarovsk Territory for reconsideration. Judge Tatyana Chistova.

November 13, 2023

Second cassation appeal

The Case of Prianikov and Others in Karpinsk

November 8. The Seventh Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction in Chelyabinsk cancels the decision of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court to return the criminal case to the prosecutor and sends the case for a new appeal to the same court with a different composition. Thus, the court refuses to satisfy the…

November 13, 2023

Closing arguments for the defense

The Case of Sushilnikova in Novokuznetsk

Tatyana Sushilnikova begins her speech in the debate with the words "faith without works is dead" and explains: "All the actions of which I am accused, namely participation in worship services and the dissemination of doctrine, are nothing more than a manifestation of faith." Tatyana believes that…

November 10, 2023

Prosecutor requested punishment

The Case of Mavrin and Others in Balakovo

The prosecutor is requesting 7 years in prison for Vladimir Mavrin and Alexei Bogatov and 3 years for Andrey Murych, Evgeny Fomashin and Sergey Tyurin.

November 2, 2023

Prosecutor requested punishment

The Case of Godunov and Others in Tula

The prosecutor requests 6 years of suspended sentence for Gurami Labadze and Yevgeniy Godunov, 2 years and 6 months suspended sentence for Yulia Popkova and Angela Putivskaya. Believers deliver the last word.

October 30, 2023

Court of Appeal

The Case of Kazakov and Mirgorodskaya in Bikin

October 24. In the Khabarovsk Regional Court, the appeal hearing of the appeal against the verdict of the first instance begins. Olga Mirgorodskaya's lawyer is filing a motion to challenge the presiding judge Vladimir Bykov, since, according to the lawyer, he participated in the trial in the court of first…

October 30, 2023

Final statement

The Case of Vyaznikov in Luchegorsk

Valery Vyaznikov makes his last speech.

October 23, 2023

Closing arguments for the defense

The Case of Baykalov in Kemerovo

"The Bible taught me to show love instead of aggression, and instead of inflicting pain, the desire and willingness to help," Vladimir Baikalov delivers his last word.

October 16, 2023

Elderly

The Case of Minenko in Zheleznovodsk

October 4. The prosecutor requests for 83-year-old Zinaida Minenko a sentence of 5 years of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 5 years and restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year. About 55 people gather outside the courthouse, 10 of them are allowed into the courtroom.

October 10, 2023

Life in prison

Case of Danilov in Kholmskaya

October 6. Oleg Danilov is kept in a single cell room with two prisoners with whom he has developed good relations. So far, the believer receives letters only from relatives.

October 10, 2023

The case of Mani and Others in Simferopol

Investigator Rudoy separates the case against Mark Lyakh into a separate proceeding and combines it with the case against Mani, Mammadov and Efanov.

October 2, 2023

Parole

Case of Yavushkin and Bondarchuk in Kemerovo

September 15. The court satisfies the petition of the penitentiary inspectorate for parole. The prosecutor does not object. A believer is considered to have served a suspended sentence.

September 18, 2023

Transfer of a prisoner

The Case of Balabkin in Belogorsk

Vladimir Balabkin is placed in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the Amur Region. He can write letters.

September 15, 2023

Final statement

The Case of Kupriyanov in Kovrov

Alexei Kupriyanov gives his last word in court.

September 7, 2023

Retrial (court of first instance)

The Case of Menchikova in Cherkessk

Elena Menchikova reads out her written notes. She says: "I have not denied and do not deny the fact that I have been a Christian, one of Jehovah's Witnesses for almost 30 years, but I have never had anything to do with extremism and its manifestations." She adds: "Before I became one of Jehovah's…

August 28, 2023

First Instance Sentence

Case of Degtyarenko in Vyazemsky

Judge of the Vyazemsky District Court of the Khabarovsk Territory Tatyana Chistova convicts Ilya Degtyarenko and sentences him to 2,5 years of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 3 years and restriction of liberty for 6 months. The judge also decided to confiscate the seized…

August 18, 2023

First Instance Sentence

The Case of Usanov and Morozov in Tayga

August 15. The defendants make their final statements.

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