In the Jewish Autonomous Region, a Jehovah's Witness was sentenced to 2.5 years probation
In Birobidzhan, Jewish Autonomous Region, on February 12, 46-year-old Jehovah's Witness Igor Tsarev was sentenced to 2.5 years probation. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The prosecution asked Tsarev to be sentenced to 4 years in prison and 1 year of restriction of freedom. The Birobidzhan District Court sentenced the believer to imprisonment for a period of 2.5 years, suspended for 1 year, and with a probationary period of 2 years.