ABINSK, Russia — A court in southwestern Russia has handed a three-year prison term to a Jehovah’s Witness amid an ongoing crackdown on the religious group that has been banned in Russia since 2017.
RFE/RL: Russia jails Jehovah’s Witness for 3 years
Birds fly behind a monument to the Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin in the town of Oryol on Feb. 5, 2019, a day before the city' court is due to announce the verdict in the trial against Dennis Christensen, a Danish Jehovah's Witness accused of extremism.
