Biography
When the house of Sergey Sachnev and his wife Ulita was searched in May 2023, the elderly couple experienced stress. Because of their beliefs, they became defendants in a criminal case on extremism.
Sergey was born in September 1951. He has two brothers and a sister. After graduating from school, Sergey worked as a driver until his retirement. He lived in Spassk-Dalniy and Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
In 1977, Sergey married Ulita, whom he met at work. They had two sons. The couple love to take care of the garden together. After retirement, they moved to the village of Khurba (Khabarovsk Territory).
In 2008, Sergey embarked on the Christian path after following his wife he became convinced of the authenticity of the prophecies from the Holy Scriptures.
The Sachnevs' children empathize with their parents who have been prosecuted for their faith.
Case History
In May 2023, civilians in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as the village of Khurba and the village of Molodezhniy, were subjected to night searches because of their religion. The investigation initiated a criminal case against 10 believers: Vasiliy Bondarev and his mother Irina, Sergey Sachnev and his wife Ulita, Nikolay Kovadnev, Ivan Nikitin, Mikhail Dorofeev, Radion Shitov, Marina Voytko and Svetlana Zharkova. They were charged with involvement in the activities of a banned organization. In 2024, the prosecutor’s office returned the case to the investigator twice. In October of the same year, it went to court. All the defendants were included in the Rosfinmonitoring list, which made it difficult for them to pay bills and dispose of their property. In October 2025, the court sentenced Dorofeev, Kovadnev and Shitov to 6 years of suspended sentence, and the Bondarevs, the Sachnevs, Zharkova, Voytko and Nikitin to 2 years of suspended sentence. Among the convicts are 5 people over 60.
