A Jehovah’s Witness in Russia released after several years of detention
Another 126 believers continue to serve real prison terms. Sergey Melnik, 53, a Jehovah’s Witness from Volgograd, spent more than four years and nine months in prison. His sentence for his faith ended on December 18, 2025. He left the correctional colony in Kirovo-Chepetsk, from where he took a train home the next day. Melnik was first behind bars […]
