On May 6, 2022, the Sovietskiy District Court of Nizhny Novgorod convicted Sister Galina Abrosimova and imposed a suspended prison sentence of six years. She is not required to go to prison at this time.
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June 4, 2019
Investigators initiated a case against an unspecified number of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The charges included holding meetings, collecting donations, and proselytizing for a banned religious organization
July 17, 2019
Mass raids and searches were carried out in the homes of 35 families of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Galina was arrested and placed in a temporary detention center for two days
October 19, 2021
Galina’s criminal trial began
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We are convinced that Jehovah will continue to give our brothers and sisters in Russia the courage to ‘stand before governors and kings for a witness to them.’—Mark 13:9.
