News from Russia and
other countries of former USSR
Last update: February 24, 2021
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Repression of Jehovah's Witnesses
taken to new level
February 24, 2021
Initsiativniki Baptists shut down
by prosecutor for
evangelism
February 20, 2021
Local news media explain
prosecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
February 19, 2021
Guzev becomes 70th Jehovah's
Witness to be convicted since 2017
February 18, 2021
New wave of persecution of
Jehovah's Witnesses
February 16, 2021
Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to
testify in their trial
February 16, 2021
Authorities use social media to
combat Jehovah's Witnesses
February 16, 2021
Court activity in Jewish region
against Jehovah's Witnesses continues
February 16, 2021
Court increases severity of
pretrial treatment of Moscow Jehovah's Witnesses
February 15, 2021
Ukrainian president takes action
against pro-Moscow court decisions
February 13, 2021
14 Jehovah's Witnesses on trial in
small Jewish region
February 12, 2021
Update on harassment of Moscow
Jehovah's Witnesses
February 12, 2021
New level of punishment of
Jehovah's Witnesses reached
February 10, 2021
Jehovah's Witnesses case renewed in
Moscow
February 10, 2021
Imprisoned dissident monk still
attracting media attention
February 8, 2021
Moscow patriarchate floats idea of
ending church division
February 8, 2021
Trial of Jehovah's Witness reveals
covert collection of evidence
February 5, 2021
Another conviction handed Jehovah's
Witness in Jewish region
February 3, 2021
Russian customs confiscates
Jehovah's Witnesses' books
February 2, 2021
Conflict over Buddhist monastery in
Russia resolved
February 2, 2021
Appeals court rules against
Jehovah's Witnesses
February 1, 2021
Top two Orthodox bishops respond to
demonstrations roiling country
January 31, 2021
Authorities add another region
where Jehovah's Witnesses are persecuted
January 30, 2021
Two protestants suffer
misapplication of anti-evangelism law
January 29, 2021
Another criminal conviction of
Jehovah's Witnesses woman
January 26, 2021
Jehovah's Witness triumphs in high
court over prosecution
January 25, 2021
Authorities are dealing with both
religious and political dissidents
January 25, 2021
Powerful church official criticizes
Orthodox dissident
January 25, 2021
Prosecutor tries to overturn
victory of Jehovah's Witness in south of Russia
January 23, 2021
Ukrainian inter-church hostilities
fester
January 23, 2021
Nineteen Jehovah's Witnesses on
trial in Birobidzhan region
January 21, 2021
Court keeps case of "Moscow Five"
Jehovah's Witnesses open
January 21, 2021
Three Jehovah's Witnesses wait more
than two years for trial
January 18, 2021
Orthodox dissident still attracting
news media attention
January 15, 2021
Jehovah's Witness loses appeal in
Kirov
January 15, 2021
Anti-evangelism law enforced
against Orthodox cleric
January 14, 2021
Russian parliament views exempting
religious bodies from financial oversight
January 11, 2021
Moscow patriarch sees divine hand
in Turkey's actions
January 7, 2021
Constantinople unyielding on new
church in Ukraine
January 5, 2021
Consequences for Jehovah's
Witnesses after completing sentences
December 31. 2020
Religious news source reviews last
year
December 31, 2020
Church punishes clergyman, but
probably does not silence him
December 30, 2020
Notorious Orthodox clergyman found
guilty by church
December 29, 2020
Police detain dissident Orthodox
figure
December 29, 2020
Russia casts net wider for
Jehovah's Witnesses
December 25, 2020
Belarusian leader grants pope's
request for reconciliation
December 23, 2020
Jehovah's Witnesses to appeal their
convictions in south Russia
December 22, 2020
Relatively light, but unjustified,
sentences for Jehovah's Witnesses in south Russia
December 19, 2020
Woman Jehovah's Witness spends 14
months in prison without trial
December 18, 2020
Court sentences for mere membership
in Jehovah's Witnesses congregation
December 17, 2020
Ukrainian president appears to snub
new church
December 17, 2020
Russian president repeats his
objection to hurting believers' feelings
December 17, 2020
Leader of new Ukrainian church
addresses criticisms
December 16, 2020
Substantial prison term imposed on
Jehovah's Witness
December 16, 2020
Russian church leader recognizes
American president-elect on same day Putin does
December 15, 2020
Another trial of Jehovah's Witness
nears conclusion
December 15, 2020
Russian church leader claims
Constantinople hoodwinked Moscow
December 14, 2020
U.S.A. challenges Russian stance
in religious rights debate
December 12, 2020
Orel Jehovah's Witnesses
locked up for two months
December 12, 2020
Russian president bids to change
terms of religious rights debate
December 11, 2020
Jehovah's Witness has spent
more than two years in prison without trial
December 10, 2020
Apparent fallout from Moscow case
of Jehovah's Witnesses
December 9, 2020
Orthodox leader confronts
virus-deniers in the church
December 8, 2020
Support for Jehovah's Witnesses
prisoners needed
December 8, 2020
American House of Representatives
condemns Russian rights violations
December 7, 2020
Judge rejects prosecutor's request
to imprison Jehovah's Witnesses without trial
December 3, 2020
Russian police accused of
brutality against Jehovah's Witness
December 2, 2020
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