There were about 170,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia at the time of the group’s ban. As many as 833 of them have faced ...

(RNS) — Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses were convicted of extremism by a Russian court on Tuesday (March 5), receiving sentences of up to seven years in a penal colony for practicing their faith.

Nikolai Makhalichev was detained on 21 February in Haradok, northeast Belarus, and is now at imminent risk of extradition to Russia. As a Jehovah’s Witness, he is facing unfounded charges of ...

Five members of the Jehovah's Witness religious group have been detained in Russia on weapons and extremism charges, investigators say. The denomination has faced scrutiny in Russia in recent ...

TASS/. Russian Orthodox Church welcomes the ruling of the Supreme Court to prohibit the activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, as it destroys the traditional family, Metropolitan Ilarion ...

A Danish citizen living in Russia has been sentenced to six years in prison for practising as a Jehovah's Witness. The religious organisation was declared an "extremist" group by Russia's courts ...

In April, Russia’s Supreme Court declared Jehovah’s Witnesses to be an extremist organization and outlawed its activity throughout Russia MOSCOW, July 17. /TASS/. A lawyer for the Jehovah’s ...

Russia’s crackdown on religious activity took a major step forward this week as the Justice Ministry banned Jehovah’s Witnesses. Russia has steadily curtailed rights to evangelize in recent ...

“Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Not Need a Search for the Truth” Interview with Artem Grigoryan, a former long-standing member of Jehovah's Witnesses Priest George Maximov In association with the Russian SPAS ...

The U.S.-headquartered Jehovah’s Witnesses have been under pressure for years in Russia, where the dominant Orthodox Church is championed by President Vladimir Putin. Orthodox scholars have cast ...

On 25 June, the prosecution appealed the court decision of 23 June to release Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen, a Danish national living in Russia. On 26 June, the penal colony authorities put him ...