On April 3, 2025, Yulianna Vysokikh, judge of the Sovetskiy District Court of Chelyabinsk, handed a guilty verdict in the case of one of Jehovah's Witnesses Maksim Khamatshin, 28,—6 years in a penal colony. The believer was taken into custody in the courtroom. He insists on his innocence and intends to appeal against this decision. In his final plea, Khamatshin said that "knowledge from the Bible helped [him] find the meaning of life and gave him hope for the future." "Is giving people hope, cheering people up, comforting people a crime? Is it against the law to help people give up bad habits and become happy?" the believer asked rhetorically.