OCTOBER 25, 2021
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Crimean Court Convicts Brother Igor Shmidt
UPDATE | Crimean Court Denies Appeal
On January 13, 2022, the Sevastopol City Court denied Brother Igor Shmidt’s appeal. He remains in prison.
Time Line
On October 22, 2021, the Gagarinskiy District Court of the city of Sevastopol, Crimea Republic, convicted Igor and sentenced him to six years in prison. He was immediately taken into custody
April 22, 2021
The court held the first criminal hearing
March 23, 2021
Igor was released from pretrial detention and placed under house arrest
October 1, 2020
Igor was accused of organizing the activities of a banned religious organization and placed in temporary detention for two days before being transferred to pretrial detention
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