Oleg Postnikov has been sentenced to six years and two months in a penal colony, Judge Vasilina Bezotechestkikh of the Birobidzhan District Court announced the verdict on February 12, 2026. Earlier, the same court had...

After serving the full term of imprisonment in Russia, 53-year-old Serhiy Filatov — a native of the Kherson region who lived in occupied Crimea — was released. He was convicted for participation in the religious...

Vladlena Kukavitsa, 35, has been defending her right to freedom of religion for two years, the last 7 months—at a second trial in the Birobidzhan District Court. Judge Olga Klyuchikova made the final decision on...

SIZO No. 1 IN THE REPUBLIC OF UDMURT (Izhevsk). The most "older" prisoners, 74-year-old Valery Knyazev and brother Talipov, were taken into custody in November 2025 after the verdict. They are currently preparing an appeal...

On December 30, 2025, Georgiy Nikulin, 62, left penal colony No. 3 in the Republic of Mari El, having served his sentence in full. The believer was met by his friends. His wife, Yelena, could not...

A court in Adygea found Alexey Dmitriev and Yury Sergeyechev guilty of inciting a local resident to join an extremist organization. Both Jehovah's Witnesses* and their defense team called the extremism charges unfounded. As reported...

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...

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...

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...