Russian Witness Finds 6,000 Euros and Returns Money to Owner

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—In November 2014, Svetlana Nemchinova, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, found an envelope on the street containing 6,000 euros (over $6,800 U.S.). After a lengthy search for the owner, she was able to return...

Russian Court Denounces Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘Extremist’

A court in southern Russia has denounced a local organization of Jehovah's Witnesses as "extremist" and ordered it disbanded, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday, in the latest in a long line of such rulings issued to the religious group in Russia.The group's building and surrounding land will...

Russia’s Supreme Court Declares Jehovah’s Witnesses Website Extremist

Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that a Jehovah's Witnesses website and three of the religious movement's books are extremist, RAPSI legal news agency reported Wednesday, citing the court.The Supreme Court's ruling follows its approval in November of the Samara region's ban of the...

Jehovah’s Witnesses Banned as ‘Extremist’ in Russian Region

The Supreme Court approved Russia's first region-wide ban of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group, deeming them "extremist," Interfax said.The ruling, passed Wednesday, had been the group's final hope of stalling the ban in the Samara region, which first passed by a regional court...

ECHR looks into Russia’s treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses

MOSCOW, March 25 (RAPSI) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) communicated a vast collection of complaints this month to Russia in connection with the treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses throughout the country.Russia and the applicants...

Russian Priest Blesses Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

RT-2UTTKh 'Topol-M' missiles arrived in Moscow Friday amid a military convoy. The missiles will be stored in a military base at Alabino until they are rolled out for Victory Day celebrations May 9. Weighing 50...

Russian Court Declares Jehovah’s Witness Brochures Extremist

MOSCOW, January 13 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian court has declared brochures produced by the Jehovah’s Witnesses to be extremist, the Prosecutor General’s Office said Monday.The court in the southern city of Kurgan ruled that...

RUSSIA: Orthodox relics block Jehovah’s Witness meeting

 A written Russian official refusal to allow Jehovah's Witness to meet for worship in Nizhny Novgorod Region, made in consultation with a local Orthodox bishop, provides rare evidence that state opposition to Jehovah's Witnesses is...

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Southern Russia Face New Charges

 ROSTOV-ON-DON, April 8 (RIA Novosti) – Prosecutors in the southern Russian city of Taganrog have charged 16 Jehovah's Witnesses with taking part in the activities of an extremist organization after they allegedly resurrected the banned...

Meteor Injures Hundreds

A series of explosions in the skies of Russia's Urals region, reportedly caused by a meteor shower, has sparked panic in three major cities. Witnesses said that houses shuddered, windows were blown out and cellphones...