The alleged proof that Viktor Kudinov and Serhiy Zhyhalov had 'organized the activities of an extremist organization' was that they had thanked people for their responses to questions concerning their faith.

An occupation 'court' in Sevastopol has sentenced Ukrainian Jehovah's Witnesses Viktor Kurdinov (b. 1969) and Serhiy Zhyhalov (b. 1971) to six years' imprisonment for peacefully practising their faith.