On September 3, 2026, the Moscow City Court upheld the sentence of Viktor Velikov, a Jehovah's Witness, imposing five and a half years in a general regime colony and a three-year ban on religious activities.

On September 3, 2026, the Moscow City Court upheld the sentence of Viktor Velikov, a Jehovah's Witness, imposing five and a half years in a general regime colony and a three-year ban on religious activities.

@ovdinfolive 08 Sep 2026, 20:00

In June 2026, courts in the Nizhny Novgorod region and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug overturned decisions to revoke the citizenship of Jehovah's Witnesses Gevorg Gevorkyan and Igor Petrov.

@ovdinfolive 08 Sep 2026, 20:00