The prosecution requested nine years in prison for Jehovah's Witnesses from Volgograd
In Volgograd, during the debate on March 9, the prosecution asked for realistic sentences for four Jehovah's Witnesses, according to a website dedicated to the persecution of believers. The assistant prosecutor demanded that co-religionists Valery Rogozin and Denis Peresunko be sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony, and Igor Egozaryan and Sergei Melnik be sentenced to seven years in prison.