JWs & Russia — Historic Milestones

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Historic Milestones

1. NOVEMBER 30, 2015 — All sixteen Witnesses on retrial in Taganrog are criminally convicted for practicing their faith. The judge suspended the sentences

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2. DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Supreme Court of the Russian Federation bans jw.org

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3. JULY 30, 2014 — Seven of sixteen Witnesses on trial in Taganrog are criminally convicted for practicing their faith

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4. JUNE 10, 2010 — European Court of Human Rights declares the ban on the Moscow Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses a violation of human rights

5. SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 — Rostov Regional Court declares 34 publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses to be extremist

6. 2009 — Russian law-enforcement authorities begin misapplying the Federal Law on Counteracting Extremist Activity

7. MARCH 26, 2004 — Moscow Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses banned

8. MARCH 1996 — Jehovah’s Witnesses fully exonerated as victims of political repression

9. DECEMBER 11, 1992 — Russian Federation legally registers Jehovah’s Witnesses

10. MARCH 27, 1991 — Soviet Union legally registers Jehovah’s Witnesses

11. OCTOBER 1965 — Easing of government restrictions and oppression

12. APRIL 1951 — About 9,500 Witnesses from six Soviet republics exiled to Siberia

13. 1928 — Jehovah’s Witnesses fail to achieve legal registration; years of persecution begin

14. 1891 — First Russian Witness exiled to Siberia

15. 1887 — First recorded instance of The Watchtower being mailed to Russia