The prosecutor demanded seven years in prison for a Jehovah's Witness from Ufa

The prosecutor requested seven years in prison for Jehovah's Witness from Ufa, Anatoly Vilitkevich. Kommersant reports this.

The believer is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to the prosecution, he coordinated the activities of the Ufa community of Jehovah's Witnesses: he found premises for holding services, collected donations, and gave instructions to community members.

Vilitkevich was detained in April 2018. In June of the same year, he was transferred to house arrest, and in February 2019, he was released on his own recognizance.

• In 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. Later, 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.