JUDGE FOR YOURSELFWhy were these publications declared extremist?On December 8, 2009, the publications listed below were declared to be “extremist materials” by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Below are statements found in the...

On January 8, 2011, in the village of Pravokumskoye (Stavropol) a report was filed with the police regarding the actions of a local Russian Orthodox priest who spoke offensively to women he realized were Jehovah’s...

A court in the Siberian town of Gorno-Altaisk will resume on Tuesday hearings in the trial against the leader of a local branch of Jehovah's Witnesses for circulating extremist materials, the court's spokesman said.Alexander Kalistratov,...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - When armed Russian security officers forced their way into Alexander Kalistratov's home, he hardly imagined they were after his books.The local leader of a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Siberia now faces...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia?The harassment of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia continued in November 2010 with several acts of vandalism against their houses of worship. In the Irkutsk Region and Krasnodar Territory, arson attacks were carried out...

RUSSIA: First post-Soviet criminal trial of Jehovah's Witness "ludicrous"The first post-Soviet criminal trial in Russia of a Jehovah's Witness for sharing beliefs with others – which may conclude as soon as 17 December – is...

Two tragic events have attracted public attention to the way the Jehovah’s Witnesses denomination operates in Russia. While members of the group allege discrimination by the government, many Russians, including religion experts, are hostile to...

An 85-year-old veteran of the Second World War is the first Russian Jehovah's Witness known to have been prosecuted for "production and distribution of extremist materials", Forum 18 News Service has learnt. The prosecution is...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—More than 3,000 deaf people from all corners of the country attended a special meeting earlier this month and learned that for the first time a complete translation of the Bible will be...

Brazen predawn attack on house of worship in Kabardino-BalkariaA wave of harassment unleashed in Russia leads to dramatic consequencesNARTKALA, Kabardino-Balkaria—Unidentified masked assailants beat up the watchmen inside a place of worship, and after the watchmen...

Two are held in jail for weeks on false charges of burglaryLOBNYA, Russia—More than six weeks after two female Jehovah’s Witnesses were arrested while preaching, they are still being held in jail on the false...

The European rights court ruled Thursday that Moscow's 2004 dissolution of a branch of the Jehovah's Witnesses was unjustified and ordered Russia to pay 70,000 euros in damages and costs.The European Court of Human Rights...

(NewsCore) - A group of Jehovah's Witnesses was arrested in Russia for alleged extremism, RIA Novosti said Friday.They were held in the southwestern Siberian city of Omsk on suspicion of circulating books and pamphlets banned...