SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 | UPDATED: JANUARY 19, 2023
RUSSIA
UPDATE—BROTHER CONVICTED | “We Will Cope With All These Things Together”
On January 17, 2023, the Avtozavodskiy District Court of Nizhny Novgorod convicted Brother Gevorg Gevorkyan and imposed a suspended prison sentence of six years. He is not required to go to prison at this time.
Time Line
July 17, 2019
Home searched by police officers. Electronic devices and documents seized
July 18, 2019
Detained at workplace and taken into custody for interrogation. Held for ten hours
August 26, 2021
Placed under travel restrictions
November 24, 2021
Charged with conducting meetings of Jehovah’s Witnesses
January 26, 2022
Case returned to the prosecutor
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As Gevorg’s example demonstrates, remembering that “the same kind of sufferings are being experienced by the entire association of [our] brothers” can help each of us to take a stand against Satan and remain “firm in the faith.”—1 Peter 5:9.