JULY 11, 2023 | UPDATED: NOVEMBER 9, 2023
RUSSIA
UPDATE—BROTHER CONVICTED | “Jehovah Will Never Abandon Me”
On November 7, 2023, the Pozharsky District Court of the Primorye Territory convicted Brother Valeriy Vyaznikov and imposed a suspended prison sentence of two years and six months. He is not required to go to prison at this time.
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We are confident that if we, like Valeriy, continue to rely on the power of God’s Word, we too will successfully endure all our trials.—Hebrews 4:12.
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2018
Investigators conducted surveillance on Jehovah’s Witnesses in the city of Luchegorsk. An undercover agent pretending to be interested in the Bible made secret recordings of conversations with various Jehovah’s Witnesses in the area
July 16, 2021
Criminal case initiated against Valeriy. He was accused of trying to involve others in the activities of a banned organization
December 5, 2022
Placed under travel restrictions
February 9, 2023
Criminal trial began
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