The fine imposed on a Sochi pastor for a meeting of believers in a cafe has been canceled
In Sochi, the court overturned the fine imposed by the magistrate court on the leader of the evangelical Christian group “Community of Christians,” Alexey Kolyasnikov, who, along with other believers, was reading the Bible in a cafe. The case was sent for a new trial. On December 2, 2014, it became known that the Khostinsky District Court of Sochi overturned the decision of the magistrate who, on October 10, 2014 , fined pastor Alexei Kolyasnikov for holding a meeting of believers in a cafe.