DECEMBER 30, 2021
RUSSIA

UPDATE—APPEAL DENIED | Brother Nikolayev’s Trust in Jehovah Gives Him Peace

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On October 20, 2022, the Krasnodar Territory Court denied Brother Aleksandr Nikolayev’s appeal. He remains in prison.

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December 23, 2021

The Abinskiy District Court of the Krasnodar Territory convicted Aleksandr and sentenced him to two years and six months in prison
September 30, 2021

Placed in temporary detention
August 4, 2021

Criminal trial began
May 26, 2021

Charged with holding Bible discussions with family and friends, which investigators consider “a crime against the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the state”
April 7, 2021

At 6:00 a.m., FSB officers, accompanied by riot police, searched the Nikolayevs’ home. Aleksandr was taken for interrogation and later released
March 31, 2021

The criminal case against Aleksandr was initiated

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Aleksandr Nikolayev

Born: 1973 (Salavat, Republic of Bashkortostan)

Biography: At age 18, was drafted into the Russian Navy. Later graduated from technical college as a household appliance repairman

Married Yevgeniya in 1997. They have three grown sons and two adopted daughters, aged 10 and 12. The family loves traveling to the seaside and going for walks in the forest

Began studying the Bible with Jehovah’s Witnesses in the mid-1990’s. Impressed to learn that Jesus is not God and that God has a name, Jehovah. Baptized in 1996

Personal Comments

What specific quality is helping you to endure?

I ask myself if I have enough trust in God to continue on to the finish. I’ve realized that fear of man and uncertainty could paralyze my ability to think clearly. So I try not to give in to such fears. Jehovah has strengthened me in this regard. Even though my heart was beating heavily when they came to perform the search, I truly had a feeling of peace.

We are confident that Aleksandr as well as all of our faithful brothers and sisters in Russia and Crimea will be blessed for putting their trust and confidence in Jehovah.—Jeremiah 17:7.

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UPDATE—APPEAL DENIED | Brother Nikolayev’s Trust in Jehovah Gives Him Peace

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