In Orenburg, the court refused the investigator to toughen the measure of restraint for two believers

On April 10, 2019, Irina Inozemtseva, judge of the Leninsky District Court of Orenburg, to the delight of about 120 people who came to support believers Vladimir Kochnev and Vladislav Kolbanov, refused the investigator, who wanted to toughen the preventive measure for them, forbidding them to leave their homes at night.

For the past 56 days, Vladimir Kochnev and Vladislav Kolbanov have been prohibited only from communicating with other defendants in their case, including by phone and via the Internet, as well as from receiving and sending mail. Prior to that, for 121 days, they were also forbidden to leave the house at night, but on February 12, 2019, the same court lifted this restriction. In total, Vladimir Kochnev spent 78 days in a pre-trial detention center and another 70 days under house arrest, while Vladislav Kolbanov spent 2 days behind bars and another 146 days under house arrest.

The court hearing lasted just over 2 hours. The meeting room could accommodate only 20 listeners, the rest were left to wait for the result. It was obvious from the faces and statements of the Orenburg residents that the persecution to which their fellow believers were subjected in the city and throughout Russia greatly strengthened their faith, courage and Christian unity.