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...

Courts handed at least 3 Jehovah's Witnesses long jail terms for exercising freedom of religion since September. A Samara court jailed Samvel Babayan for 7 years. A Saransk court jailed Ivan Neverov for 7 years,...

Armed National Guard personnel tortured 58-year-old Mikhail Proshenkov with a stun gun while searching his home on 3 September. Proshenkov was one of five Jehovah's Witnesses arrested during early-morning raids in Saratov. The National Guard...