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January 31, 2025

Life in prison

The Case of Shevchuk and Others in Saransk

Yelena Nikulina has difficulties receiving letters in the colony: they are rarely received and not everyone passes the censorship. There are problems with water in the barracks. Recently, I had a long date with my sister.

January 30, 2025

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The case of Sirotkin in Tambov

The accused is interrogated by the prosecutor. Sirotkin draws attention to the numerous violations committed by the court during the trial (many motions of the defense were rejected, including those related to the inclusion of the research of the religious scholar Elbakyan; the prosecutor's request…

January 28, 2025

Prosecutor requested punishment

The Case of Sazhin in Fokino

January 27. The prosecutor requests 3 years in prison and 8 months of restriction of freedom for Aleksandr Sazhin. The believer makes the last word.

January 23, 2025

House arrest

Case of Shishkin in Prokopyevsk

Viktoria Ortner, judge of the Rudnichny District Court of Prokopyevsk, places Shishkin under house arrest.

January 23, 2025

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Yevtushenko in Krasnodar

23 people come to the courthouse, but 12 are allowed to enter. State prosecutor A. Y. Melnik reads out the charges.

January 23, 2025

Final statement

The Case of Plotnikov and Others in Yoshkar-Ola

The defendants make their final statements.

January 22, 2025

Detention center

The Case of Saparov in Maykop

Nikolay Saparov is in the PFRSI at Correctional Colony No. 1 in the Republic of Adygea. During the entire time in prison, the believer received about 3000 letters. He has the opportunity to read the Bible and receive visits with his wife. Saparov is being held in a four-bed cell. Cellmates and the…

January 21, 2025

Detention center

The Case of Siyukhov in Maykop

Inver Siyukhov is kept in a 4-bed cell, he enjoys the respect of other prisoners. The believer receives letters of support and prepares for an appeal. He has the ability to read the Bible.

January 16, 2025

Final statement

The Case of Pasynkov in Mednogorskiy

"Any healthy society learns from the mistakes of the past." Aleksey Pasynkov makes his last speech.

January 14, 2025

Final statement

The Case of Kocherova and Ovchinnikova in Knyaze-Volkonskoye

The defendants make their final statement, emphasizing that they are on trial for reading and discussing the Bible.

January 14, 2025

Prosecutor requested punishment

The Case of Popova in Cherkessk

The prosecutor requests a sentence of 4.5 years in a general regime colony for Rimma Popova.

January 13, 2025

Prosecutor requested punishment

The Case of Dolinina in Dormidontovka

January 30. Referee: Ksenia Matvievskaya. Vyazemsky District Court of the Khabarovsk Territory (4 Kozyukova Street, Vyazemsky). Time: 10:30 a.m.

December 30, 2024

Life in prison

Case of Dubovenko and Litvinyuk in Armyansk

Aleksandr Litvinyuk works conscientiously and has a high rate of output, for which he has already received three awards from the administration of the colony. He also responds to participation in work without pay — he helped in replacing windows in a residential building. The 64-year-old believer…

December 26, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Makhnev and Kuzin in Kaluga

The judge changes the measure of restraint for Dmitry Kuzin - from a ban on certain actions to a recognizance not to leave.

December 26, 2024

Detention center

The Case of Kupriyanskiy and Others in Kursk

Oksana, Dmitriy and Nikolay are being held in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Kursk. It is quite cold in Oksana and Dmitry's cells, and they have to wear outerwear all the time. Nikolai's cell is warm. There is another prisoner with Oksana, three with Dmitry, and two prisoners with Nikolai.…

December 26, 2024

Art. 282.2 (1)

The Case of the Syrykh in Kaltan

S. A. Murzak, senior investigator for the Department of Internal Affairs of the Investigative Department for the city of Osinniki of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region, brings Vitaly Syrykh as a defendant under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code…

December 25, 2024

Life in prison

The Case of Dolganov in Tolyatti

The believer was assigned to a detachment consisting of 40 convicts. Aleksandr hopes to soon start working in his specialty - an electrician, since this position is in demand in the colony. It is possible to regularly call his wife and read the Bible from the prison library. Aleksandr receives…

December 24, 2024

Court of Appeal

The Case of Kozhushko and Others in Lesnoy

December 9. Deputy Prosecutor Ivan Tenishchev is filing an appeal against the decision of the city court of the city of Lesnoy, Sverdlovsk Region, demanding that the sentence for three believers — 6 years of suspended sentence — be replaced with a real term of imprisonment in a general regime colony.

December 20, 2024

Life in prison

The Case of Danielyan in Rubtsovsk

Andrey regularly receives letters, both paper and electronic. However, by order of the colony administration, personal copies of the Bible and Koran were confiscated from all convicts. Andrey is glad that he has the opportunity to read the Bible from the colony's library.

December 12, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Kabanov in Zelenogorsk

Aleksandr Kabanov makes his final statement. According to him, in Russia, without grounds, "they believe that the disciples of Jesus are engaged in a dangerous business and classify them as 'extremists.'"

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