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Religious
website identifies lead stories of past year
December 30, 2017
Head of Moscow
diocese of Orthodox Church reviews church experience
December 29, 2017
Top five religion stories in Russia in 2017
December 28, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious
objectors face barrier
December 28, 2017
Followers of pagan group lose
appeal of conviction for membership
in extremist organization
December 27, 2017
Follower of Buddhist sect loses
appeal of conviction for
illegal evangelism
December 27, 2017
Antisemitic
incident in Ukraine
December 26, 2017
Important source
of information about rights abuse in Russia released
from prosecution
December 25, 2017
Jehovah's
Witnesses lose property in St. Petersburg
December 25, 2017
Ukrainian Christians
adjusting to new ways of marking the
holiday
December 25, 2017
Ukrainian
politicians complain about actions of Moscow-oriented
church
December 25, 2017
High court fixes
strict requirements on evangelism
December 22, 2017
Russian authorities not fond of
protestants
December 21, 2017
Russian legal expert comments on
trial of Bible
December 21, 2017
Leader of sect with American roots
found guilty of evangelism
December 21, 2017
Appeals court confirms lower
court's ban of Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible
December 21, 2017
Ukrainian rebels claim better
religious situation than elsewhere
December 20, 2017
BREAKING NEWS: Bible loses
in court
December 20, 2017
Moscow patriarchate criticizes
Anglican Church
December 19, 2017
Yarovaya law nets followers of
obscure sect
December 19, 2017
Comedy of errors in
execution of confiscation of Jehovah's Witnesses'
property
December 18, 2017
Another instance of difficulties
in use of buildings by protestants
December 18, 2017
Orthodox sect-fighter riles Hindus
December 15, 2017
Russian law enforcement
descends on Jehovah's Witnesses' property
December 14, 2017
Countrywide harassment of
Jehovah's Witnesses
December 12, 2017
Court sets deadline for
trial of Danish Jehovah's Witness
December 12, 2017
European court asks Russia to
answer Jehovah's Witnesses' challenge
December 12, 2017
Court endorses confiscation of
Jehovah's Witnesses' headquarters
December 7, 2017
Trial of the Bible put off again
December 6, 2017
Government officials harass
Pentecostals in Tatar region, among others
December 5, 2017
Most Russians approve Supreme
Court's ruling on parental rights
December 4, 2017
Orthodox leaders talking past each
other on Ukrainian situation
December 4, 2017
Bible on trial in Vyborg
December 4, 2017
Prosecutor sues Jehovah's Witnesses
for national headquarters complex
December 4, 2017
Flurry of action on elusive
resolution of Ukrainian Orthodox problem
December 1, 2017
President Putin addresses Orthodox
bishops
December 1, 2017
Moscow patriarchate tries to
resolve Ukrainian church disorder
November 30, 2017
Religious test for military
draftees in Russia
November 30, 2017
Russian high court reverses
application of anti-evangelism law
November 28, 2017
Charges against strange Russian
cult
November 27, 2017
Churches required to submit
"Yarovaya Law" information
November 23, 2017
Danish Jehovah's Witness kept in
jail another time
November 20, 2017
Russian government resisting
European court
November 20, 2017
European court demands that Russia
account for imprisonment of Jehovah's Witness
November 17, 2017
Rights advocate criticizes Supreme
Court ruling on parental rights
November 15, 2017
Supreme Court threatens parental
rights of, for example, Jehovah's Witnesses
November 14, 2017
Baptists perceive revival of soviet
times
November 10, 2017
Yarovaya Law applied nearly 200
times since July 2016
November 8, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses leaders
rehabilitated
November 7, 2017
Moscow patriarch presents dour view
of church's place in Russia
November 6, 2017
Mystery of revered Russian national
icon
November 4, 2017
Media attack on Jehovah's Witnesses
November 1, 2017
Patriarch and president dedicate
memorial to victims of stalinism
October 31, 2017
Local justice ministry asks court
to dispose of Jehovah's Witnesses' property
October 30, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgia
receive relief
October 24, 2017
Media attack on religions with
American origins
October 23, 2017
Kazakh officers disciplined for
harassing Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors
October 23, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses banned in
Georgian breakaway region
October 17, 2017
Jehovah's Witness conscientious
objector denied alternative civilian service in
Tajikistan
October 17, 2017
Jehovah's Witness in Kazakhstan
acquitted
October 17, 2017
Who behaves like an
extremist�Jehovah's Witnesses or the Russian state?
October 17, 2017
14 European countries criticize
Russian treatment of religious minorities
October 16, 2017
European court rules Armenia
violated rights of Jehovah's Witnesses
October 13, 2017
United Nations intercedes for
Jehovah's Witness prisoner in Kazakhstan
October 13, 2017
Moscow patriarch finally gets into
fray over controversial movie
October 12, 2017
Russian parliament looking for new
law restricting religious groups
October 12, 2017
Episodes of harassment against
Jehovah's Witnesses accelerating
October 10, 2017
Historical perspective on Orthodox
activists
October 5, 2017
Russian parliament gets bill
to protect atheists' rights
October 5, 2017
Disputes within Russian
Orthodox activist community
October 3, 2017
Danish Jehovah's Witness loses in
court again
September 30, 2017
Jehovah's Witness in
court for possessing banned literature; escapes fine
September 28, 2017
Moscow patriarchate
objects to U.S. State Department's criticism
September 26, 2017
Twentieth
anniversary of Russia's religion law
September 26, 2017
Non-Russian Jehovah's
Witnesses appeal court decision about extremist
literature
September 22, 2017
Foreign Jehovah's Witness kept in
custody in Orel
September 21, 2017
Imprisoned Jehovah's
Witness set free after 8-day detention
September 20, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses believe
court decision is provoking violence
September 20, 2017
Jehovah's
Witness loses appeal of conviction for evangelism
September 19, 2017
European court takes up Jehovah's
Witnesses' case
September 18, 2017
Divisions in Orthodox church
over response to controversial movie
September 15, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses ask presidium
of Supreme Court to void liquidation
September 12, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses leader in
Kazakhstan punished for presence of child
September 8, 2017
Two Jehovah's Witnesses arrested
for taking a walk
September 8, 2017
Ukrainian president again raises
church questions
September 8, 2017
Orthodox activists petition
regional officials to ban controversial movie
September 7, 2017
Azerbaijan shows toleration for
Jehovah's Witnesses
September 6, 2017
Outbreak of violence over movie
stuns Russian observers
September 6, 2017
More violence regarding film hated
by Orthodox activists
September 4, 2017
Vigilante act against Jehovah's
Witnesses in public
September 4, 2017
Controversy about movie sparks
violence
August 31, 2017
UN committee criticizes Russia for
rights violations
August 30, 2017
Members of unidentified religion
reject medical aid for daughter
August 30, 2017
Protestant church fined because of
inadequate signs
August 29, 2017
Police raid Jehovah's Witnesses'
picnic in south of Russia
August 29, 2017
Despite opposition, religion in
public schools is expanding
August 28, 2017
Two Jehovah's Witnesses leaders
again win in court
August 24, 2017
Jehovah's Witness framed with
planted literature
August 23, 2017
Puzzling statistics on religion in
Russia
August 23, 2017
Notorious opponent of Jehovah's
Witnesses criticizes ruling against their Bible
August 22, 2017
Important diplomatic visit in
Russia by Catholic official
August 21, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible does not
differ essentially from Orthodox Bible
August 19, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses verdict made to
order
August 18, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses Bible is
"extremist" because Jehovah's Witnesses are "extremist"
August 18, 2017
Expert analysis used in trial of
Bible absurd
August 18, 2017
Court decided that Jehovah's
Witnesses' Bible is not Christian
August 18, 2017
Court's ban of Bible defies logic
and common sense
August 18, 2017
Scientologists appeal to federal
officials
August 17, 2017
Trial of Bible ends
August 17, 2017
Russian lawmaker justifies
restrictions of non-Orthodox religions
August 16, 2017
Long article: Scientologists
arrested in St. Petersburg
August 14, 2017
Jehovah's Witness believer target
of criminal case
August 12, 2017
Squeezing non-Orthodox Christians
out of Russia
August 11, 2017
Ukrainian rebels harass Jehovah's
Witnesses
August 10, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses defy ban
August 10, 2017
New experts drawn into trial of
Bible
August 10, 2017
Scholars criticize analysis of
Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible
August 10, 2017
Trial of Bible delayed again
August 10, 2017
Trial of Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible
resumes
August 9, 2017
Absurdity of lawsuit to find
Jehovah's Witnesses' Bible "extremist"
August 9, 2017
32-year-old man fined for images of
Christ on social network
August 7, 2017
Korean church in Tajikistan called
illegal
August 7, 2017
Divergent reports on Jehovah's
Witnesses' appeal in Kazakhstan
August 4, 2017
Georgian religious minorities fear
intolerance
August 2, 2017
Kazakhstan Jehovah's
Witnesses assert their rights
August 1, 2017
Support in Ukraine for united
Orthodox church
July 31, 2017
Jehovah's Witness musician seeks
refuge in West
July 31, 2017
Revolt within small Ukrainian
Orthodox church
July 31, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses report freedom
in Kazakhstan
July 28, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses tolerated in
eastern Ukraine
July 28, 2017
Ukrainian president gets into
church affairs
July 28, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses' translation of
Bible goes to court
July 28, 2017
ECHR confronts Russian
anti-evangelism law
July 27, 2017
Jehovah's Witness on trial in
Caucasus
July 26, 2017
Russian human rights commissioner
ready to take up Jehovah's Witnesses' cases
July 26, 2017
Patriarchate spokesman walks back
statement about controversial movie
July 25, 2017
Russian politician stirs up
opposition to movie with church and political support
July 24, 2017
Danish Jehovah's Witness still in
jail
July 22, 2017
Noisy public dispute about motion
picture depicting Tsar Nicholas II
July 21, 2017
Danish Jehovah's Witness to stay in
Russian jail for 6 months
July 20, 2017
Officials may have found a way
Jehovah's Witnesses are adjusting
July 19, 2017
Russian puppet threatens
Jehovah's Witnesses
July 19, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses are not alone
July 19, 2017
Mormons win case before high court
July 19, 2017
Kazakhstan explains temporary
suspension of Jehovah's Witnesses
July 19, 2017
Orthodox react differently to ban
of Jehovah's Witnesses
July 18, 2017
Foreign reaction to Supreme Court
ruling quick
July 18, 2017
Ministry
of Justice bans Jewish novel for extremism
July 17, 2017
Rights advocate laments court
ruling
July 17, 2017
Supreme Court upholds decision
liquidating Jehovah's Witnesses
July 17, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses continued
meeting despite court ban
July 17, 2017
Ukrainian Orthodox alarmed by law
proposed in Kiev
July 14, 2017
Ukrainian parliament tries new
approach to Russian church
July 13, 2017
Rights advocates: Russia ignoring
principles of the civilized world
July 13, 2017
State policy blamed for negative
attitudes toward Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
July 13, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses brace for court
decision
July 13, 2017
Survey of
Russians shows popular agreement with Supreme Court's
decision
July 13, 2017
Conscientious objectors win right
to perform civilian service
July 13, 2017
Police ask public to report
Jehovah's Witnesses activity
July 12, 2017
Unidentified believer in far north
of Russia found guilty of sharing faith
July 11, 2017
Anti-evangelism law used against
blogger reporter
July 11, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters
professes optimism in advance of appeal hearing
July 10, 2017
Russian hypocrisy shown in
international gathering
July 10, 2017
Romanov family complains about
Russian church's hesitation regarding tsarist relics
July 10, 2017
Pokemon hunter has partial win in
appeal
July 7, 2017
Conscientious objector assigned
missile service because of Jehovah's Witnesses decision
July 6, 2017
Anti-evangelism law enforced in
Russian-occupied Crimea
July 6, 2017
Russia replies to ECHR regarding
appeal of Russian Evangelical
July 4, 2017
Years-long criminal case against
Jehovah's Witnesses leaders ended
July 4, 2017
Results of investigation of remains
of tsarist family released
July 3, 2017
Elderly Jehovah's Witness convicted
of illegal evangelism
July 1, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea
continue to meet despite ban
June 30, 2017
Anti-Putin group defends Jehovah's
Witnesses
June 29, 2017
Court bans a Jehovah's Witnesses
work-around to access literature on Internet
June 29, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses are
accommodated by countries neighboring Russia
June 29, 2017
Jehovah's
Witnesses seek ways to operate in Uzbekistan
June 29, 2017
Adherents of Muslim sect sentenced
in St. Petersburg
June 28, 2017
Leadership of St. Petersburg
Scientology group imprisoned
June 28, 2017
Russian art historians rewrite
fundamental belief about Russian painting
June 26, 2017
Pentecostal foreign student treated
leniently by court
June 26, 2017
Orthodox Church proposes more
religion in schools
June 24, 2017
Academic specialty in sect-studies
proposed
June 23, 2017
Court refuses to grant habeas
corpus to Danish Jehovah's Witness
June 22, 2017
Imprisoned and not convicted
Jehovah's Witness loses appeal for release
June 21, 2017
Jehovah's Witness woman penalized
on basis of justice ministry's suspension
June 20, 2017
Draft board says requirement that
draftee renounce faith is hoax
June 19, 2017
Local draft board denies
conscientious objector status for Jehovah's Witness
June 16, 2017
Mormon missionaries lose appeal in
high court
June 14, 2017
Danish Jehovah's Witness remains in
Russian jail
June 13, 2017
Citizen's snitch trips up
Pentecostal group
June 9, 2017
Unreasonable pressures imposed on
Jehovah's Witnesses believers
June 8, 2017
Russian president praises Jehovah's
Witnesses' family values
June 6, 2017
Jehovah's Witness convicted on
basis of Yarovaya Law
June 5, 2017
Supreme Court sets date for hearing Jehovah's
Witnesses' appeal
June 1, 2017
Tomsk Jehovah's Witnesses found
guilty of violating suspension order
May 31, 2017
Jehovah's Witness guilty of illegal
evangelism
May 31, 2017
Harsh measure
against Jehovah's Witness unjustified
May 31, 2017
Jehovah's Witness gets high court
to explain law on sacred scriptures
May 29, 2017
Eight-year-old Jehovah's Witness
chided for singing songs for classmates
May 29, 2017
Orthodox church leadership sitting
on information about tsar's bones
May 27, 2017
Severe treatment of foreign
Jehovah's Witness in heart of Russia
May 27, 2017
Wave of vandalism against Jehovah's
Witnesses continues
May 26, 2017
Supreme Court turns down local
Jehovah's Witnesses' appeal
May 26, 2017
Danish citizen arrested in
connection with raid on Jehovah's Witnesses
May 26, 2017
Salvation Army
appeals local court decision to high court
May 25, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses file official
appeal of their elimination
May 22, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses address
European court in Strasbourg
May 22, 2017
Muslims mark the 1,095th
anniversary of Islam in Russia
May 20, 2017
Conflicting reports about Vatican
action regarding Ukraine
May 19, 2017
Jehovah's Witness on trial for
allegedly criticizing other religions
May 18, 2017
Jehovah's Witness arrested for
allegedly distributing literature
May 18, 2017
Protestant legal scholar faults
Orthodox Church
May 17, 2017
Orthodox activist criticizes
Jehovah's Witnesses in Russian parliament
May 17, 2017
Moscow patriarch complains to
international leaders about Ukraine
May 17, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses report negative
effects of court's ruling
May 15, 2017
World opinion favors Jehovah's
Witnesses versus Russian state
May 13, 2017
Pokemon hunter found guilty of
hurting believers' feelings
May 11, 2017
Supreme Court's decision about
"extremism" threatens right of conscientious objection
May 11, 2017
Couple copes with hatred toward
Jehovah's Witnesses
May 10, 2017
Rumors that Stalin prayed in
churches during war
May 10, 2017
Orthodox still fighting Catholics
over church buildings in Ukraine
May 10, 2017
Southern region of European Russia
claims to be rid of Jehovah's Witnesses congregations
May 10, 2017
Vandalism against houses of worship
spreads beyond Jehovah's Witnesses
May 10, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses' hall damaged
May 9, 2017
Jehovah's Witness blogger sets
record straight
May 9, 2017
Vigilante action against Jehovah's
Witnesses' property
May 8, 2017
Moscow patriarch celebrates Victory
Day in Russia
May 8, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses' buildings
damaged
May 5, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses' activity in
legal limbo
May 5, 2017
Local action to liquidate Jehovah's
Witnesses congregation
May 5, 2017
Orthodox Church urges members to
expose Jehovah's Witnesses' activity
May 5, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses clear out their
property
May 5, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses escape
liquidation in Nizhny Novgorod province
May 5, 2017
Justice ministry enforces Supreme
Court decision in Penza province
May 3, 2017
Informant's report leads to fine of
Jehovah's Witness
May 3, 2017
How
the Russian church can distance itself from Jehovah's
Witnesses case
May 2, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses'
appeal to be heard in Supreme Court
May 2, 2017
Pro-Orthodox news agency clarifies
church's opposition to Jehovah's Witnesses
May 2, 2017
Merkel pressures Russian president
over rights violations
May 2, 2017
Roman Catholic leader raises
concern that his people may be treated like Jehovah's
Witnesses
May 2, 2017
Metropolitan makes a confused
response to ban of Jehovah's Witnesses
May 1, 2017
Russian parliament notices American
concern for Jehovah's Witnesses
April 29, 2017
Holocaust museum speaks up for
Jehovah's Witnesses
April 29, 2017
The future for Jehovah's Witnesses
April 28, 2017
Consideration of Pokemon hunter
case ends
April 28, 2017
Dissident Orthodox priest
interprets court's decision
April 28, 2017
A native Russian brand of
"Jehovists" loses in court
April 28, 2017
News source in Russian Far East
speaks up for Jehovah's Witnesses
April 26, 2017
Large international organization
criticizes Supreme Court decision
April 25, 2017
Ban of Jehovah's Witnesses
accompanied by violence
April 25, 2017
Implications of the Supreme Court's
decision
April 25, 2017
Prosecutor general lumps Jehovah's
Witnesses in with anti-Russian organizations
April 25, 2017
Baptist leader sympathizes with
Jehovah's Witnesses
April 24, 2017
Website of Russian Ministry of
Justice posts results of trial
April 24, 2017
Protestant attorney regrets failure
of justice in court's decision
April 24, 2017
Baptist preacher convicted in
Siberia
April 24, 2017
Jehovah's Witness charged on basis
of anti-evangelism law
April 24, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses lose appeal
against justice ministry's suspension
April 24, 2017
Russian parliament's newspaper on
effects of court's decision
April 21, 2017
Long article: St. Petersburg paper
recounts underground experience of Jehovah's Witnesses
April 21, 2017
Dispute between two priests leads
to physical violence
April 21, 2017
Wave of violence against Jehovah's
Witnesses
April 21, 2017
Member of Putin's human rights
council sees Jehovah's Witnesses' victory in ECHR
April 21, 2017
American government criticizes ban
of Jehovah's Witnesses
April 21, 2017
Kazan Jehovah's Witnesses sure to
carry on
April 21, 2017
Russian security police threaten
Jehovah's Witnesses in wake of court's ruling
April 21, 2017
Russian media sensitive to western
criticism over Jehovah's Witnesses
April 21, 2017
European sympathy for Russian
Jehovah's Witnesses
April 21, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses administration
recalls soviet times
April 21, 2017
Russian lawmaker suggests Jehovah's
Witnesses' case may affect other religions
April 21, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses anticipate
opposition to Supreme Court's ruling
April 20, 2017
Supreme Court grants justice
ministry's lawsuit
April 20, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters
reacts to Supreme Court ban
April 20, 2017
Supreme Court orders cessation of
Jehovah's Witnesses' activity
April 20, 2017
Session six in the Jehovah's
Witnesses case
April 20, 2017
Fifth session of Supreme Court case
regarding Jehovah's Witnesses
April 19, 2017
Suspicion that orders from above
are behind trial of Jehovah's Witnesses
April 18, 2017
Anti-evangelism law still in
effect--against Pentecostals
April 17, 2017
Russian media portray Jehovah's
Witnesses as American spies
April 17, 2017
Ukrainians celebrate Easter more
than Russians
April 16, 2017
Government leaders show favor to
Orthodox church
April 16, 2017
State-controlled TV gives negative
coverage to Jehovah's Witnesses
April 14, 2017
Summary of day four of Jehovah's
Witnesses trial
April 13, 2017
First they came for the Jehovah's
Witnesses, then . . .
April 13, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses have another
trial in Moscow
April 13, 2017
Fourth day of Jehovah's Witnesses
case in Supreme Court
April 12, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses assemble
illegally
April 10, 2017
Scholars find trial of Jehovah's
Witnesses absurd
April 8, 2017
Judge frustrates tactics of
Jehovah's Witnesses' attorneys
April 7, 2017
Sympathetic press coverage for
Jehovah's Witnesses
April 7, 2017
Threat of international tension
over Jehovah's Witnesses case
April 7, 2017
Third day of Jehovah's Witnesses
case
April 7, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses' claim of
exceptionalism alleged to threaten public order
April 6, 2017
Supreme Court hearing recessed
until tomorrow
April 6, 2017
Russian Baptists support Jehovah's
Witnesses
April 5, 2017
Summing up first day of Jehovah's
Witnesses case
April 5, 2017
International support for Jehovah's
Witnesses
April 5, 2017
American connection used against
Jehovah's Witnesses
April 5, 2017
Supreme Court begins consideration
of case against Jehovah's Witnesses
April 5, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses on brink of
catastrophe
April 3, 2017
Orthodox church joins debate over
Muslim scarves
April 3, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses counter
sue Ministry of Justice
April 2, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses developing
strategy to defend suit for prohibition
March 31, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses not properly
notified of suspension
March 31, 2017
Muslim head scarves still pose an
unresolved problem for Russia
March 31, 2017
Local Jehovah's Witnesses
congregations seek involvement in court proceedings
March 30, 2017
Russian scholar supports Jehovah's
Witnesses
March 30, 2017
Protestant legal experts discuss
Jehovah's Witnesses' plight
March 29, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses case viewed
from far south of Russia
March 27, 2017
Former president of Russian
Baptists sets Jehovah's Witnesses case in wider context
March 27, 2017
Orthodox bishop warns against
sentencing Jehovah's Witnesses
March 27, 2017
Respected lawyer reflects on
history of Jehovah's Witnesses
March 27, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses employ modern
technology in their defense
March 25, 2017
International attention to plight
of Jehovah's Witnesses
March 25, 2017
Baptist clergyman speaks up for
Jehovah's Witnesses
March 24, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses foresee
appealing Supreme Court's decision
March 24, 2017
Enormous attention to Jehovah's
Witnesses case
March 23, 2017
Leader of Jehovah's Witnesses
reviews case against them
March 23, 2017
Orthodox apologist urges tolerance
for Jehovah's Witnesses
March 21, 2017
Protestant attorney speaks up for
Jehovah's Witnesses
March 21, 2017
Head of Russian Jehovah's Witnesses
cries for help
March 21, 2017
European court has several cases
against Russian violation of human rights
March 20, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses reminded of
stalinist total exile
March 20, 2017
Another rights advocate speaks out
for Jehovah's Witnesses
March 17, 2017
Rights advocate fears
criminalization of tens of thousands believers
March 17, 2017
Interview: Jehovah's Witnesses'
response to liquidation threat
March 17, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses claim
procedural violation in justice ministry's case
March 17, 2017
Russian court schedules trial of
Jehovah's Witnesses case
March 17, 2017
Russian government shuts down all
Jehovah's Witnesses' activity
March 16, 2017
Rights advocacy center criticizes
lawsuit against Jehovah's Witnesses
March 16, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses' headquarters
comments on prohibition case
March 16, 2017
Russian Supreme Court to hear case
against national headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses
March 16, 2017
Second shoe falls on Jehovah's
Witnesses
March 15, 2017
Russian Orthodox Church marks 100th
anniversary of end of tsarist rule
March 14, 2017
Revival of argument about Lenin's
tomb
March 13, 2017
Anti-evangelism law hits Russian
protestants
March 13, 2017
Disorders continue among Ukrainian
Orthodox
March 13, 2017
Ukrainian Orthodox promote European
cooperation
March 10, 2017
Mormon congregation exonerated of
migration charge
March 10, 2017
Government opposition to
protestants in eastern Russia
March 7, 2017
Pentecostal pastor expelled from
Russia for alleged evangelism
March 3, 2017
Voronezh Jehovah's Witnesses face
new charge after successful appeal of old one
March 3, 2017
On Jehovah's Witnesses: details are
different; outcome is the same
March 3, 2017
New wrinkle against JWs: prosecutor
claims programmed literature distribution
March 3, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses exonerated in
Voronezh
March 3, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses appeal fines
for possession of "extremist" literature
March 2, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters
seeks Kremlin intervention
March 1, 2017
Russian Santa charged with illegal
evangelism
February 28, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters
distances itself from "extremist" literature
February 24, 2017
Opposition in the St. Petersburg
dispute rallies
February 22, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses fear that fines
in regions threaten existence of national center
February 22, 2017
Prominent rights advocate penalized
in dubious proceedings
February 21, 2017
Head of Georgian church targeted
for assassination
February 21, 2017
Thousands demonstrate in
St. Petersburg dispute
February 20, 2017
Kremlin joins noisy dispute over
St. Petersburg cathedral
February 17, 2017
Cherkessk Jehovah's Witnesses
congregation abolished
February 17, 2017
Saransk Jehovah's Witnesses lose in
Supreme Court of Mordovia
February 15, 2017
Threat to national office of
Jehovah's Witnesses grows
February 15, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses appeal to
favorable ruling of Constitutional Court
February 14, 2017
Another parliamentary foray against
"sects"
February 13, 2017
Civil penalty against Murmansk
Jehovah's Witnesses
February 9, 2017
High court renders significant
decision against Jehovah's Witnesses
February 9, 2017
Russian conscientious objector
fails to obtain civilian service
February 8, 2017
Church and state warn dissenters
against film about sainted tsar
February 8, 2017
Orthodox activists threaten
violence against movie theatres
February 7, 2017
Political conflict involves Muslims
in Crimea
February 6, 2017
Case of Yoga evangelism not dead
yet
February 6, 2017
Local authorities view Jews as revolutionary
February 6, 2017
Survey reveals weakening of
influence of Russian religious organizations
February 2, 2017
Study of Jehovah's Witnesses'
teaching illegal in Uzbekistan
January 31, 2017
Mormons slandered on national
Russian television
January 31, 2017
Kirovo-Chepetsk Jehovah's Witnesses
face liquidation
January 26, 2017
Russian president's Council on
Human Rights opposes anti-evangelism law
January 25, 2017
Jehovah's Witnesses fear
far-reaching consequences of fine levied on them
January 25, 2017
Anti-evangelism law fails in case
against advocate of Yoga
January 19, 2017
Even Stalin could not wipe out
Jehovah's Witnesses
January 17, 2017
National Jehovah's Witnesses center
rebuffed in court
January 16, 2017
Internet link to Jehovah's
Witnesses' website considered extremist activity
January 12, 2017
Attempts to make Bible "extremist"
stumble
January 9, 2017
Church leader asserts Moscow's
ecclesiastical primacy
January 3, 2017
Essential RRN source and religious
rights watchdog put on black list
January 1, 2017
Appeal rescues Salvation Army's
literature but not the organization itself
January 1, 2017
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