A Jehovah's Witness from Krasnodar Krai who served time for "collective discussion of the Bible" has been released.
He spent three years in prison. On his release, a believer met family and friends.
In 2021 year Oleg Danilov from the village of Kholmskaya was sentenced to three years in prison for participating in the activities of an “extremist organization” [Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code]. The case excited Due to Danilov's participation in "religious educational classes and sermons" and "collective discussions of the Bible," seven other Jehovah's Witnesses from the community were also sentenced to prison.
During his imprisonment, Danilov was repeatedly placed in solitary confinement; he spent three months of 2023 in a cell-type facility.
Danilov is a third-generation Jehovah's Witness. His grandparents accepted He came to faith after meeting repressed Jehovah's Witnesses exiled to Siberia. His uncle was sentenced to three years for refusing to serve in the Soviet army for religious reasons.
Supreme Court recognized Jehovah's Witnesses were labeled an "extremist organization" in 2017.
Pictured: Danilov (center) with family and friends. Source: Jehovah's Witnessesы