Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Russia
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: October//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Mikhail Koval
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Mikhail Koval is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In October 2023, authorities detained Koval, parishioner of the banned Vozrozhenie ("Revival") Church, for his involvement with the church, including recruitment of new members and charitable giving.
In December 2024, a Moscow court sentenced Koval to 4 years' imprisonment and banned him from engaging in religious activity for 7 years for "organizing the activities of an organization designated as undesirable" (Art. 284.1 RCC).
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Russia
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: October//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Nadezhda Ukhova
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Nadezhda Ukhova is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In October 2023, authorities detained Ukhova, a parishioner of the banned Vozrozhenie ("Revival") Church, for her involvement with the church, including recruitment of new members and charitable giving.
In December 2024, a Moscow court sentenced Ukhova to 3 years' imprisonment and banned her from engaging in religious activity for 7 years for "organizing the activities of an organization designated as undesirable" (Art. 284.1 RCC). Authorities confined her in Federal Penitentiary Institution IK-3 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Ivanovo Region.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Russia
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Victoria Brazhnik
Extra Bio Info:
Victoria Brazhnik is detained for her religious activity.
In 2025, authorities charged Brazhnik with financing "an organization designated as undesirable" (Art. 284.1 RCC) due to her involvement in and charitable giving to the banned Vozrozhenie ("Revival") Church.
In August 2025, court authorities confined her to a psychiatric hospital due to her religious activity, despite no indication that she posed a danger to herself or others.