Iuliia Pasynkova
Biography
A resident of Stavropol. On 9 August 2024, hew house was searched. It became known that a case was opened against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles exclusively because of religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, attracting new supporters.
On 18 September 2025, Pasynkova was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence.
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