On April 12, 2024, the Tsentralniy District Court of Prokopyevsk in the Kemerovo Region convicted Sister Yelena Chernykh and imposed a suspended prison sentence of three years. She is not required to go to prison at this time.

We are comforted to know that Jehovah “does not vary or change” but will continue to provide “every good gift and every perfect present” to help us to endure even the most difficult trials.—James 1:17.

1. July 12, 2020

   Home searched. Both Yelena and Yuriy interrogated

2. May 25, 2023

   Criminal case initiated

3. August 15, 2023

   Placed under travel restrictions

4. October 9, 2023

   Criminal trial began