The Chita Regional Court approved the verdict of Jehovah's Witnesses
Three Jehovah's Witnesses were sentenced to real terms, one to a suspended sentence. On September 20, 2022, the Chita Regional Court upheld the sentence handed down to four Jehovah's Witnesses. On March 7, 2023, the Eighth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Kemerovo upheld this decision. In June 2022, the Central District Court of Chita found Vladimir Ermolaev, Alexander Putintsev, Igor Mamalimov and Sergei Kirilyuk guilty under Part 1 of Art.