MAY 21, 2024 | UPDATED: MARCH 19, 2025
RUSSIA
UPDATE—BROTHER SENTENCED TO FORCED LABOR AFTER APPEAL | Honored to Defend Jehovah’s Name
On March 13, 2025, following an appeal, the Altai Territory Court changed the suspended prison sentence previously imposed on Brother Sergey Lukin. He will now serve four years and six months of forced labor. He will be required to live in a correctional facility and perform work at an assigned location in the community.
On December 11, 2024, the Biysk City Court of the Altai Territory convicted Brother Sergey Lukin. He was given a suspended prison sentence of four years and six months. He is not required to go to prison at this time.
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We are grateful for Sergey’s example, as it reminds us that our love for Jehovah “casts fear out.”—1 John 4:18.
Time Line
December 1, 2022
Criminal case initiated
January 25, 2023
Apartment and office searched. Interrogated and placed under travel restrictions
January 25, 2024
Criminal trial began
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