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...