Feb 18 (Reuters) - Four Jehovah's Witnesses have been convicted of extremist activity and jailed in Russia in the past week on the basis of covert video recordings by spies who infiltrated their ...

Four Jehovah's Witnesses were recently convicted and jailed in Russia for extremist activity based on covert video recordings ...

Along with most of the other Russians who have sought shelter in Finland, Avilkin and his family are Jehovah’s Witnesses. But the 42-year-old father of three would still like President Donald Trump to ...

MOSCOW -- Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday banned the Jehovah's Witnesses from operating anywhere in the country, accepting a request from the justice ministry that the religious organization be ...

Vilitkevich, who lives in the industrial city of Ufa, was one of more than 20 members of the US-founded Christian movement detained across Russia. "Forget it," they told his wife, Alyona, taking away ...

MOSCOW — The Jehovah’s Witnesses say a member of the religious denomination that is banned in Russia has been sentenced to 7½ years in prison, the harshest punishment in scores of cases. The ...

On Thursday, Russia’s Supreme Court banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses as an “extremist” group, ordering them to liquidate their national headquarters and local offices and turn over all of their property ...

Russia's top prosecutor is threatening to ban the Jehovah's Witnesses for alleged "extremism." The religious denomination has faced growing pressure in Russia over the past several years, with church ...