On July 4, a court in Perm will announce the verdict to the believer. What did Alexander Solovyov say in his last word?

On June 27, 2019, the Ordzhonikidze District Court of Perm completed the trial of Alexander Solovyov, who was prosecuted for his faith. In May 2018, he spent 2 days behind bars and another 179 days under house arrest. The prosecutor's office asked for 3.5 years of real prison for him.

In his last speech, the 49-year-old believer expressed his attitude to the criminal prosecution. At the end, he said: "I ask you, Your Honor, to drop the charges against me, dismiss the criminal case and fully acquit me."

In Perm and the Perm Territory, several similar criminal cases have been initiated against Jehovah's Witnesses. Russian and foreign leaders and organizations unanimously condemn the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. These include the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, the President of the Russian Federation, prominent public figures of Russia, the European Union External Action Service, observers of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Russian government has repeatedly stated that the decisions of the Russian courts on the liquidation and prohibition of organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses "do not assess the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses, do not contain a restriction or prohibition to practice the above teachings individually."