Member of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, placed under arrest, released early
The elder of the community of Jehovah's Witnesses of the village of Bryukhovetskaya, Vladimir Yeltavsky, who was sentenced to twelve days of arrest, was released after 32 hours in custody. The Krasnodar Regional Court overturned the decision of the court of first instance, declaring it illegal, according to the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". Eltavsky was found guilty of distributing extremist literature.