Jehovah’s Witnesses Say Six Believers Sentenced in Russia on Evidence From ‘Bereaved’ Informant
Six Jehovah's Witnesses were convicted after an FSB informant infiltrated the group, with two defendants receiving five-year penal colony sentences.
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Jehovah's Witnesses say six believers sentenced in Russia on evidence ...
SIX Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia have been convicted of extremism. The case is based on evidence gathered by an FSB informant who pretended to seek religious comfort after the death of a loved one.
Jehovah's Witnesses say six believers sentenced in Russia on evidence from 'bereaved' informant
LONDON, Sept 1 - Six Jehovah's Witnesses have been convicted of \"extremist\" activity in Russia after being entrapped by an informant of the FSB security service who posed as a bereaved woman seeking comfort in religion, a spokesperson for the faith group said on Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Two of them were sent to the colony and four were sentenced to forced labour, handed over to TASS. "The Simon Regional Court of Moscow, on 26 August 2026, sentenced six local defendants: Zaura Murtuzov and Darié Petročenko – five years of colony, Liliana King, Larisa Kisla, Oksana Ivanova – four years of forced labour, and Tatiana Levitzka – three months of forced labour. Figurantov was found guilty of participation in and involvement in an extr…
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