Svyatoslav Yugov

In the past, the leader of the congregation of the New Generation Church in Chelyabinsk. In April 2022, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk imposed a fine of 7000 roubles on Yugov under the administrative article on "undesirable organisation" (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his participation in a conference of believers in Ramenskoye near Moscow. In December 2021, law enforcers came to the event. "Everyone was put on the cold floor face down for 40 minutes, one person was beaten by the law enforcers," the believers claimed. Judging by the website of the Ramensky city court, several dozen of them were subsequently given fines. In the summer of 2022, law enforcers searched alleged members of the New Generation in at least six Russian cities as part of a criminal case under the article on carrying out activities of an "undesirable organisation". The believers were accused of communicating with Andrei Tishchenko, a New Generation pastor from Ukraine. In November Basmanny court arrested him in absentia. Then the REN TV channel published a video in which Yugov was led out of his flat in handcuffs. When asked if he had anything to do with the New Generation, Yugov replied, "Not at the moment." On 20 April 2023, Yugov was taken into custody in Moscow as accused of involvement in the activities of an "undesirable organisation". On 18 July Yugov was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.