Searches of Jehovah’s Witnesses Again in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Two are Under House Arrest

On November 20, 2025, at 7 a.m., law enforcement officers came with searches at four addresses of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Kansk. After that, five believers were taken for interrogation. A man and...

Russia persists in illegal prosecution of Crimean Jehovah’s Witnesses, jails man for six years — Crimean Human Rights Group

According to the Monitoring review of the Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG) from July to September 2025, at least 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been convicted for their faith in the temporarily occupied Crimea. On August...

Izhevsk Court Sentenced Two Jehovah’s Witnesses, Both 74, to Penal Colony for Three Years

Valeriy Knyazev and Indus Talipov became the oldest of those imprisoned for believing in Jehovah God—on November 12, 2025, Judge Rustam Tagirov found them guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization and sentenced...