On May 10, 2023, the Nazarovo City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory convicted Brother Ivan Shulyuk and imposed a suspended prison sentence of seven years. He is not required to go to prison at this time.

1. June 18, 2020

   Armed law enforcement officers raided the Shulyuks’ apartment and took Ivan into custody. Placed in a temporary detention facility

2. June 19, 2020

   Court ordered Ivan be moved to a pretrial detention center

3. July 9, 2020

   Released from pretrial detention. Unauthorized communication with anyone outside of his home was prohibited. Ordered not to leave his home between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., preventing him from working

4. August 14, 2020

   Investigator sought to extend restrictions, but because of Ivan’s good reputation, this was denied. The majority of the restrictions were lifted

5. August 17, 2020

   Travel restrictions were imposed

6. September 15, 2021

   Criminal trial began

How grateful we are that “Jehovah knows how to rescue people of godly devotion out of trial.”—2 Peter 2:9.