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Zinaida Soldatova

Location unknownChecked October 18, 2026

Zinaida Soldatova, Tatarstan. “The case of Zinaida Soldatova and Valentina Stepkina”. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.

In brief

Tatarstan · Naberezhnye Chelny · Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Charges

No information about the charges.

Full wording of the charges

involved in the activities of an extremist organisation

Latest event

December 11, 2020 — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  2. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  3. · Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

  4. · Persecution begins

    The case of Zinaida Soldatova and Valentina Stepkina

Criminal case

The case of Zinaida Soldatova and Valentina Stepkina

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

27 May 2018 detained after a search in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, released. On 12 June, she signed a personal recognizance.

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