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December 12, 2025

Final statement

The Case of Lebed in Moscow

Nadezhda Lebed gives her final statement on the day of the verdict.

December 12, 2025

House arrest

The Case of Podlesnaya in Simferopol

The court of the Kievskiy District Court of Simferopol chooses a restriction measure for the believer in the form of house arrest.

December 10, 2025

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Ishberdin and Starikov in Naberezhnye Chelny

Interrogation of a secret prosecution witness under the pseudonym Lebedev A.M., who has been serving in one of the churches in Naberezhnye Chelny for more than ten years. He repeats almost verbatim the same accusations as the previous participants in the trial. Lebedev claims that Jehovah's…

December 9, 2025

Final statement

The Case of Spirichev in Vyselki

Viktor Spirichev makes his final statement.

December 8, 2025

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case in Kingisepp

The judge returns the case to the prosecutor to remedy the procedural deficiencies.

December 8, 2025

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Timofeyev in Petrozavodsk

Witnesses for the prosecution are being interrogated. An officer of the Ministry of Justice for Karelia reports that in 2017, three legal entities of Jehovah's Witnesses were liquidated in the region, including the one in Petrozavodsk, but the religion itself is not prohibited. One woman, who…

December 8, 2025

Final statement

The Case of Dvurechenskiy in Vyselki

Sergey Dvurechenskiy makes his final statement.

December 8, 2025

Detention center

The Case of Kononov and Others in Uyar

Aflatun is in a cell with four prisoners, sleeping on the top bunk. The room has water, a refrigerator, a kettle and a TV. Every day there is an hour-long walk in the yard. Relations with neighbors are respectful, he is the eldest among them. A believer has a New Testament. Aflatun needs treatment.…

December 5, 2025

Rosfinmonitoring

The Case of Sorokin and Others in Kansk

Andrey Sorokin, Elena Kamenskaya and Elena Grosheva are included in the Rosfinmonitoring list.

December 4, 2025

Ban of the Bible

The Case of Krushevskiy and Artamonov in Birobidzhan

October 31. "Must be destroyed" is the decision made by Judge Nataliya Shibanova regarding a copy of the Bible, which is part of the material evidence in the case of the believers. Other materials (for example, video recordings) will continue to be stored in the case materials. Prosecutor Yevgeniy Leshundak…

December 4, 2025

Life in prison

The Case of Davydenko in Pavlovskaya

After quarantine, Aleksandr Davydenko was placed in a punishment cell due to fabricated violations. He receives only paper letters; he does not have a Bible yet.

December 4, 2025

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The case of Ushakov and Others in Vyselki

Over the course of two sessions, the court examines the material evidence. The defense draws attention to violations: not all the declared materials are there, others do not correspond to the inventory; some of the items are not marked, and the rest are not relevant to the criminal case. Among the…

December 2, 2025

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Nazarov in Vyselki

The prosecutor reads out the charge. The defendant does not admit his guilt and draws attention to the fact that there are no victims in the case and he is being tried solely for his religious beliefs.

December 1, 2025

Life in prison

The Case of Dolganov in Tolyatti

Aleksandr cannot call his relatives through the Zonatelecom system from the colony. He sees them only on short visits and communicates with them by letters, which do not always get through. No other correspondence is passed on to the believer.

November 29, 2025

Believers with a disability

The Case of Andreyev and Others in Yaroslavskiy

After the examination, the Main Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise for the Amur Region acknowledges Boris Andreev's disability.

November 28, 2025

Life in prison

The Case of Fomin in Cherkessk

Astrakhan penal colony No. 8 has its own food, clothing, metal and woodworking production facilities. Therefore, most of the prisoners in Fomin's unit work. However, Vladimir was released from work due to persistent health issues. Frequent headaches, weakness, cramps and other health problems…

November 28, 2025

Prosecutor requested punishment

The Case of Kruglyakov and Others in Syktyvkar

After considering the results of the second expert study, the public prosecutor completes his closing arguments and requests again fines for the defendants. Andrei Kharlamov makes his final statement. 38 people who came to support the defendants were allowed to the hearings. The final verdict is…

November 28, 2025

Court of Appeal

The Case of Sirotkin in Tambov

The analysis of Larisa Astakhova's expert study, which was prepared by a religious scholar at the request of a lawyer, is read out at the appeal hearing. The court is also examining screenshots from social media in which Astakhova calls herself a "cult killer" and is reviewing a recording of a…

November 27, 2025

Medical treatment within the Federal Penitentiary Service

The Case of Gobozev and Potapov in Votkinsk

During a planned hospitalization in Correctional Colony No. 12, Sergey Gobozev's condition deteriorates sharply. The believer is prescribed IVs, antibiotics and insulin, allowed bed rest and provided with an oxygen concentrator. Additional diagnostics are planned in another city.

November 27, 2025

Life in prison

The Case of Polosenko and Others in Samara

The court refuses to replace the remaining term of punishment with a fine for Denis Kuzyanin.

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