On January 22, the Central District Court of Sochi extended the detention of Nikolai Kuzichkin, suspected of organizing the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses, by a month (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The Caucasian Knot reports this.

Kuzichkin has health problems, but the pre-trial detention center staff refuses him a medical examination.

January 24

The court also extended the preventive measure for Jehovah's Witness Vyacheslav Popov, the Caucasian Knot writes .

Jehovah's Witnesses Nikolai Kuzichkin and Vyacheslav Popov were arrested in October. The period of detention is constantly extended .
On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court recognized the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” as an extremist organization, liquidated it and banned its activities in Russia. In August, all Jehovah's Witnesses organizations were added to the list of prohibited organizations. After this, a stream of criminal cases against representatives of the confession began.
In February 2019, the court handed down its first sentence with real imprisonment - Danish citizen Dennis Christensen was sentenced to six years in prison, his complaint was accepted for consideration by the ECHR. In Surgut, mass searches took place at the homes of followers of Jehovah's Witnesses. At least seven of them reported beatings, humiliation and electric shocks. OVD-Info published the story of the victims' lawyer.

The Sochi court extended the arrest of Jehovah's Witnesses. In the pre-trial detention center he is denied medical care