Jehovah's Witness Anton Olshevsky, sentenced to six years and three months in a colony, was transferred to strict conditions of detention (SUS) in a colony. OvDInfo

Before this, the believer spent six months in a cell-type room (PKT).

The prisoner can call loved ones six times a month and receive parcels once every four months. From time to time he is also allowed to see his wife Ekaterina.

In December 2022, Olshevsky was sentenced to six years and three months in prison under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). In May 2023, the verdict was confirmed on appeal, and in September in cassation. The case against the believer and several other people was opened in October 2019.

In October 2023, it became known that after the quarantine, Olshevsky was immediately placed in a punishment cell.

In 2017, the Supreme Court recognized the Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist organization, liquidated it, and banned its activities in Russia. All organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses were included in the list of banned organizations, after which a stream of criminal cases against believers began. The Federal Financial Monitoring Service has included hundreds of Russian followers of Jehovah's Witnesses in the "list of extremists and terrorists." Most of the people on the list are believers between the ages of 40 and 60.

On June 7, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights declared the ban on Jehovah's Witness organizations and the subsequent persecution of believers illegal.

Even the Z-courts admit that there is no base for these cases. In October 2021, the Plenum of the Supreme Court clarified the application of "anti-extremist" legislation. The document, in particular, states that actions "consisting solely in the exercise of the right to freedom of conscience and freedom of religion, including through individual or joint confession of religion, worship or other religious rites and ceremonies, do not in themselves constitute a crime under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization)"

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