A court in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, has sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to 6 1/2 years in prison on extremism charges amid an ongoing crackdown on the religious group. The Soviet district court sentenced Konstantin Sannikov on February 16 after finding him guilty of organizing a banned group's activities and financing them. Dozens of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been imprisoned in the country since Russia banned the religious group in 2017 and designated it an extremist organization. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Idel.Realities, click here.
Jehovah's Witness Sentenced To Prison On Extremism Charges In Tatarstan
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