Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court ordered Pastor Pavel Shreider’s release from prison on March 25, changing his sentence to a fine equivalent to three months’ pay. He now has up to 30 days to pay the fine before being deported. Shreider, 66, is the pastor of the now-banned True and Free Reform Seventh-Day Adventist Church. The church, which has no affiliation with the Seventh-Day Adventists in the United States, emerged during the Soviet regime as part of the country’s reform movement. The church did not seek state registration. This is punishable by fine, liquidation, or imprisonment.