For nearly ten years, the Russian Federation through its military and proxy forces has committed gross religious freedom violations in Ukraine. Following Russia’s 2014 illegal annexation of Crimea, Russian-installed authorities there and in Donbas have…
Since President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Russian authorities have continued their systematic harassment and prosecution of religious minority communities within the Russian Federation,…
Jul 5, 2023
USCIRF Releases New Reports on Russia’s Religious Freedom Violations
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new reports on religious freedom conditions in the…
Additional Name(s):
Yuriy Petrovich Gerashchenko, Yuriy Herashchenko, Юрія Геращенка, Геращенко Юрий Петрович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Sergei Georgievich Parfenovich, Serhiy Parfenovych, Сергія Парфеновича, Парфенович Сергей Георгиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief…