Case History
Approximately 25 families of Jehovah’s Witnesses in several settlements in Khakassia were searched and their homes were inspected in September 2025. A criminal case was initiated against Viktor Timoshchenko, Aleksandr Gorev and Yevgeniy Bagin under an extremist article. The men were taken for interrogation to the Investigative Committee in Abakan, where they were detained, and later placed in a pre-trial detention center. After three and a half months, the believers were placed under house arrest.