Another prominent person who supported JW mentioned in the article above is Mikhail Fedotov.
...(JW) were warmly welcomed by the supporters of religious liberalism - one of them was the current chairman of the Human Rights Council under the RF President Mikhail Fedotov.
He is the present head of the Kreml Human Rights council and one of his comments appeared lately in the HR councils news section.
Representatives of the religious association discussed the question of what legal consequences the decision of the Supreme Court will have in the case of the liquidation of the organization "Management Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia".
Mikhail Fedotov stressed that freedom of conscience remains one of the most important constitutional values in our country.