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Pastor ALIAKSANDR ZARETSKI, Evangelical Church in Novalukoml (Čašniki district, Viciebsk voblasc)
Pastor Aliaksandr Zaretski, Evangelical Church in Novalukoml (Čašniki district, Viciebsk voblasc). Zaretski prayed and advocated in his sermons for ending the war in Ukraine. Local state-employed propagandidsts have repeatedly cautioned the pastor for this and threatened persecution. On 22 February 2024, the pastor was detained. He was subjected to administrative arrest for 15 days under […]
Пастор АЛЕКСАНДР ЗАРЕЦКИЙ, ХВЕ (г. Новолукомль, Чашницкий район, Витебская обл.)
Пастор Александр Зарецкий, евангельская церковь г. Новолукомль (Чашницкий район, Витебская обл.). Молился и говорил проповеди за прекращение войны в Украине. Местные идеологи не раз высказывали претензии пастору по этому поводу и угрожали преследованием. 22 февраля 2024 года пастор был задержан. Его подвергли административному аресту на 15 суток по статье 19.11 КоАП (распространение экстремистских материалов). Он должен был выйти 8 марта, […]
Believer EVGENIYA MAYBORODA, Russian Orthodox Church (town of Shakhty, Rostov oblast)
Evgeniya Mayboroda, b. 1952, a pensioner; a believer of the Russian Orthodox Church, town of Shakhty, Rostov oblast. She spoke out against the war in Ukraine on the VK social network, also referring to a Christian point of view. Mayboroda’s VK page consisted of Orthodox postcards and images with anti-war appeals and criticism of the […]
Верующая ЕВГЕНИЯ МАЙБОРОДА, РПЦ (г. Шахты, Ростовская область)
Евгения Майборода, 1952 г. р., верующая Русской Православной Церкви из г. Шахты Ростовской области. Выступала против войны в Украине в социальной сети «Вконтакте», в том числе с христианской точки зрения. На странице Майбороды во «Вконтакте» в основном содержались православные открытки и картинки с антивоенными призывами и критикой властей РФ. В 2022 году она выкладывала в соцсетях […]
Believer VLADIMIR ANANICH, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, Russia)
Vladimir Ananich, an Orthodox believer, pensioner; for many years – a publisher of Christian literature. On 31 March 2022, he came to Red Square in Moscow with a single picket. He held a homemade placard: «Peave to Ukraine! Sanity, horror, shame, repentance – to Russia! Hell – to Putin!» Was detained. On 12 May 2022, […]
Верующий ВЛАДИМИР АНАНИЧ, РПЦ (г. Москва, Россия)
Владимир Ананич, православный верующий, пенсионер, долгое время издавал христианскую литературу. 31 марта 2022 года вышел на Красную площадь с одиночным пикетом. В руках держал самодельный плакат с лозунгами: «Украине — мир! России — вменяемость, ужас, стыд, покаяние! Путину — ад!» Подвергся задержанию. 12 мая 2022 года в Тверском суде г. Москвы при участии судьи Семиной […]
IGOR ORLOVSKY, Russian Orthodox Church (Krasnoyarsk)
Igor Orlovsky – an Orthodox believer from Krasnoyarsk, publicist, speleologist, and worker. Studied at the Moscow Theological Seminary. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he started writing indignant anti-war comments on the VK social network. Several weeks later during the monitoring of social networks, police officers discovered two comments. One of them, […]
Rev. ANDRII CHUI, Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Donetsk oblast, occupied Ukraine)
Rev. Andrii Chui, a priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the Russia-occupied Donetsk oblast (so-called Donetsk People’s Republic); lived under occupation since 2014. Rev. Chui was detained with another priest of the OCU, Rev. Khristofor Khrimli. On 22 September 2023, for allegedly committing an administrative offence under Part 5 of Article 5.26 of […]
Rev. KHRISTOFOR (KHRIMLI), Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Donetsk oblast, occupied Ukraine)
Rev. Khristofor Khrimli, secular name Vyacheslav Khrimli, a priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the Russia-occupied Donetsk oblast (so-called Donetsk People’s Republic); lived under occupation since 2022. Rev. Khrimli was detained with another priest of the OCU, Rev. Andrii Chui. His arrest became known on 17 September 2023. On 22 September 2023, for […]
VALENTIN KHOROSHENIN, Catholic Church (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Valentin Khoroshenin (b. 2001), a Catholic believer from St. Petersburg, member of the Vesna (Spring) youth movement, a political prisoner. After the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vesna became the coordinator of anti-war protests. In May 2022, the first criminal case was opened against some members of the movemnet under the article […]