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Brother Yevgeniy Korotun

NOVEMBER 25, 2021
RUSSIA

UPDATE | Jehovah Comforts Brother Yevgeniy Korotun

UPDATE | Jehovah Comforts Brother Yevgeniy Korotun

On May 16, 2022, the Tomsk Regional Court denied the appeal of Brother Yevgeniy Korotun. He remains in prison.

On January 20, 2022, the Severskiy City Court of the Tomsk Region convicted Yevgeniy and sentenced him to seven years in prison. His sentence will begin immediately.

Time Line

  1. March 31, 2021

    The trial began

  2. September 7, 2020

    Taken into custody and sent to pretrial detention after a court appearance

  3. July 15, 2020

    Placed under house arrest

  4. July 14, 2020

    FSB officers searched the homes of six families of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Seversk, including the Korotuns’ home

  5. July 13, 2020

    The criminal case against Yevgeniy was initiated

  6. 2018–2019

    Two undercover officers pretended to show interest in the Bible and kept secret recordings of conversations to be used against Yevgeniy as evidence

Profile

We are confident that Jehovah is with the Korotun family and all those who serve him faithfully through difficult times.—Romans 15:5.

a Because Brother Korotun is currently in pretrial detention, it was not possible to obtain comments from him.