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verdict in a significant criminal case in Russia will be announced 14 April 2011

press release
1 April 2011

Public Defender: "Not guilty - before the law, to man, to God!"

Gorno-Altaysk, Russia. April 14, 2011, the local court delivers a verdict in a criminal case Kalistratowowi against Alexander, Jehovah's Witness accused of inciting religious hatred and enmity on the basis of Article 282 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

In the course of six months of the process, none of the 71 questioned the witnesses did not confirm the allegations of incitement to hatred and hostility. What's more, Professor Alexei Nagowicyn, who spoke in court, said that none of the 48 publications of Jehovah's Witnesses, which were evidence in the case, nor as a whole or piecemeal, "do not include incitements to hatred or hostility or the determination of human dignity on the basis of their religious affiliation or social ".

Since there was no crime, and the lack of evidence, the lawyers Kalistratowa expect only the verdict of acquittal. One of the defenders says: "If the triangle has no sides, such a figure does not exist, in our case, this means that no crime was committed."
Mikhail Odincow, defender of the public, concludes: "Not guilty - before the law, to man, to God!"

Despite the lack of evidence in the case, the prosecutor demanded 160 hours of community service. Victor Zenkow, another defender says: "Each sentence will mean not only the duty social work for the accused, but also sew a patch of criminals of all Jehovah's Witnesses."

Judgement will be announced April 14 at 9 o'clock in the morning. Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia in the number of 162 000 as well as their co-religionists throughout the world, waited for the verdict announcement in one of the largest cases in Russia.

source: http://www.jw-media.org/rus/20110401.htm
translation: MW correction: Rikardo