(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.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said again that he is eager to see negotiations with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine begin soon after he returns to the White House but gave no specifics ...

MOSCOW, March 23. /TASS/. Russia’s Justice Ministry has suspended the activities of the religious organization calling itself Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia due to its ...

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 ...

TASS/. Denmark’s Dennis Christensen, who was sentenced to six years in prison for organizing a Jehovah's Witnesses (banned in Russia as extremist) religious group in the city of Oryol ...

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 ...