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Pagan evangelist charged with attracting recruits

RESIDENT OF KRASNODAR SUSPECTED OF RECRUITING ADHERENTS OF EXTREMIST NEO-PAGAN ORGANIZATION IN LIBRARY

Interfax-Religiia, 22 February 2018

 

A criminal case was opened with respect to a resident of Krasnodar who recruited workers and visitors of one of the libraries of the city into the ranks of an extremist organization, the press service of the Investigation Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for Krasnodar territory reported on Thursday.

 

In January 2017, a 66-year-old resident of Krasnodar, who identified herself as a member of the public association "Ancestral Religious Dominion of Rus," spoke at one of the libraries before her fellow workers and students of a college. According to information of the investigation, the goal of the speech was recruiting new members.

 

A criminal case on the basis of part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the RF (participation in the activity of an extremist organization) with respect to the retiree.

 

As reported, the activity of the organization "Ancestral Religious Dominion of Rus" was found to be extremist and banned on the territory of the RF by decision of the Moscow oblast court in April 2011. (tr. by PDS, posted 22 February 2018)


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