APRIL 23, 2024
RUSSIA
Grateful to Serve Jehovah
The Pervomayskiy District Court of Izhevsk in the Udmurtian Republic will soon announce its verdict in the case involving Brothers Yevgeniy Stefanidin and Aleksandr Votyakov. The prosecutor has yet to request a potential sentence.
Profiles
Like Aleksandr and Yevgeniy, we consider it a great privilege to ‘fearlessly render sacred service’ to Jehovah all our days.—Luke 1:74, 75.
Time Line
April 14, 2021
Security forces conducted a search of Yevgeniy’s house
December 13, 2022
Criminal case initiated against Aleksandr and Yevgeniy
December 14, 2022
Officers searched both homes. Aleksandr sent to a temporary detention facility. Yevgeniy placed under travel restrictions
December 15, 2022
Aleksandr released from temporary detention and placed under house arrest
June 9, 2023
Aleksandr released from house arrest and placed under travel restrictions
August 17, 2023
Criminal trial began
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