On August 3, 2023, the Bikinskiy City Court of the Khabarovsk Territory convicted Brother Sergey Kazakov. He was fined 500,000 rubles ($5,186 U.S.).

1. November 9, 2020

   Criminal case was initiated. Charged with organizing extremist activities

2. December 21, 2020

   Investigative Committee and FSB officers searched ten homes, including Sergey’s. He was arrested and placed in temporary detention

3. December 23, 2020

   Sent to pretrial detention

4. June 4, 2021

   Released from pretrial detention center and placed under house arrest

5. August 5, 2021

   Released from house arrest

6. February 28, 2022

   Criminal trial began. During the preliminary hearing, the judge returned the case to the prosecutor’s office due to a procedural error on the part of the prosecution

7. April 28, 2022

   Judge reversed the decision to return the case to the prosecutor and instructed the original court to begin the proceedings again

8. June 14, 2022

   Criminal trial restarted

As Sergey continues to manifest his faith in Jehovah, we join him in echoing the words of Psalm 31:14: “I trust in you, O Jehovah. I declare: ‘You are my God.’”