News from Russia and
other countries of former USSR
Last update: August 22, 2022
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Western publication doubts pope and
patriarch can end war
August 20, 2022
Russian evangelicals accused of
being pro-Ukrainian
August 15, 2022
Ukrainian diplomat claims that pope
wishes to visit Ukraine
August 6, 2022
Possibility of pope's meeting with
Moscow patriarch in
September raised
August 4, 2022
Priest of Moscow church in Ukraine
aided Russian aggressors
August 3, 2022
War prompts Jewish emigration from
Russia
August 2, 2022
Russian state news agency reports
Ukrainian church politics
July 28, 2022
Ukrainian evangelicals distance
themselves from Russian colleagues
July 26, 2022
Status of Moscow church in Ukraine
still in flu x
July 25, 2022
Russians inflict the most damage
upon Moscow church in Ukraine
July 25, 2022
Moscow church leader continues
defense of Russian aggression
June 20, 2022
Orthodox scholar cites role of
Moscow patriarch in Russian aggression
June 14, 2022
Moscow patriarchate threatens to
take over Ukrainian dioceses
June 13, 2022
European court sides with Jehovah's
Witnesses
June 8, 2022
Monks have their own way of viewing
conditions of war
June 8, 2022
Moscow patriarchate casts doubt on
action of Kiev Council
June 7, 2022
Russians do not spare monastery of
Moscow patriarchate
June 3, 2022
Dioceses of Moscow church in
Ukraine go different directions
June 1, 2022
Russian aggression turns Lithuanian
church against Moscow
June 1, 2022
Ukrainian church reacts cautiously
to actions of Moscow church
May 31, 2022
Kiev church primate displays
Ukrainian independence in worship
May 30, 2022
Orthodox diocese in occupied Crimea
rejects independence action
May 30, 2022
Patriarch notes action of Moscow
church in Ukraine
May 29, 2022
Moscow church denies that Ukrainian
church broke away from it
May 28, 2022
Russia expels Jehovah's Witness
prisoner to home country
May 27, 2022
War causing realignment of Orthodox
affiliations
May 26, 2022
Ukrainian media report support for
Russians by Moscow clergy
May 20, 2022
Ukrainian church appeals to clergy
of Moscow church to reject its hierarchy
May 16, 2022
Ukrainian parliament will respond
to Moscow church's outrageous charges
May 14, 2022
Moscow church devises fanciful
explanation for Ukraine war
May 13, 2022
Five Jehovah's Witnesses lose
appeal in Far East
May 12, 2022
Local Ukrainian governments
prohibit Moscow church
May 10, 2022
Russia guilty of widespread
desecration of houses of worship
May 9, 2022
Moscow patriarch offers lame
defense
May 4, 2022
Debate over sanctions against
Moscow patriarchate
April 28, 2022
Ex-president/premier puts religious
twist on Russian invasion
April 27, 2022
Head of Ukrainian church urges
national religious unity
April 26, 2022
Patriarch gives patriotic sermon in
Kremlin cathedral
April 25, 2022
Meeting of primates another war
casualty
April 22, 2022
Putin makes public relations
gesture toward holy days
April 21, 2022
Rumors of provocations beset plans
for Easter
April 19, 2022
American preacher reaches out to
Ukrainians
April 18, 2022
Authorities close two Moscow
churches in west Ukraine
April 15, 2022
Jehovah's Witnesses have difficult
court case in Russian south
April 14, 2022
Collaboration with Russian army by
Orthodox church
April 14, 2022
Ukrainian church leader reflects on
his labor s
April 13, 2022
Graham event casualty of war
April 11, 2022
Clergy of Ukrainian Moscow church
seek justice
April 11, 2022
Russian clergy cajole recalcitrant
troops
April 11, 2022
Russian protestant
speaks against invasion of Ukraine
April 8, 2022
Eastern churches mark major
ecclesiastical date
April 7, 2022
Ukrainian religions unite in appeal
to world
April 6, 2022
Russians kill protestant educator
in Ukraine
April 5, 2022
Ukrainian church leader equates
Russian ideology with nazism
April 5, 2022
Moscow patriarch repeats propaganda
regarding war
April 3, 2022
Ukrainian hesitation on bill in
parliament
March 31, 2022
Religious buildings suffer from war
March 30, 2022
Ukrainian church spokesman commends
bill in parliamen t
March 30, 2022
Kremlin joins criticism of bill in
Ukrainian parliamen t
March 30, 2022
Ukrainian churches leaving Moscow's
jurisdiction
March 29, 2022
Russian church reacts to bill in
Ukrainian parliament
March 29, 2022
Ukrainian parliament receives draft
of law against Moscow church
March 27, 2022
Putin advisor has idea for
promoting Russian patriotism
March 25, 2022
Ukrainian source reports defections
from Moscow patriarchate in Ukraine
March 24, 2022
Russian Lutherans adopt survival
positions
March 23, 2022
Ukrainian president wants pope to
visit Ukraine as peacemaker
March 22, 2022
Russian terror against leaders of
Ukrainian civil society
March 21, 2022
Russian president gives spiritual
tinge to public appearance
March 18, 2022
Moscow patriarch whitewashes talks
with church leaders
March 18, 2022
Appellate courts tending to favor
Jehovah's Witnesses in central Russia
March 17, 2022
Pope tries to nudge Moscow
patriarch away from militanc y
March 16, 2022
Ukrainian church leader repeats
justification for violence
March 15, 2022
Russian scholar analyzes attitude
on Ukrainian war of religious leaders
March 14, 2022
Head of Ukrainian church relies on
intercession of St. Michael
March 14, 2022
Ukrainian sources accuse priest
from Moscow church of anti-Ukrainian action
March 14, 2022
Ukrainian president takes note of
Moscow church's attempt to aid civilians
March 12, 2022
Orthodox priest convicted for
criticism of Russia's aggression in Ukraine
March 11, 2022
Moscow church in Ukraine makes
tepid criticism of Russian aggression
March 11, 2022
Moscow patriarch blames NATO for
war
March 11, 2022
Appellate court orders new trial
for Jehovah's Witness
March 10, 2022
Russian Patriarch blames external
forces for Ukrainian crisis
March 9, 2022
Moscow church leader promotes
Russian military cause
March 6, 2022
Moscow church portrays itself as
victim in wartime conditions
March 5, 2022
Actions against Moscow patriarchate
in western Ukraine
March 4, 2022
Moscow patriarch criticizes
Ukrainian clergy shunning him
March 3, 2022
Ukrainian president speaks of
reliance on God
March 3, 2022
Appeals court rebuffs Jehovah's
Witness
March 2, 2022
Clergy of Moscow church in Ukraine
urged to sever relationship
March 1, 2022
Russian church in Ukraine calls for
ceasefire
February 28, 2022
Moscow patriarch claims Ukraine for
Russia
February 27, 2022
Moscow church in Ukraine breaks
with Putin
February 25, 2022
Moscow patriarch fails to condemn
causes of lethal combat
February 24, 2022
Head of Ukrainian church encourages
Ukrainian people
February 24, 2022
Ukrainian religious leaders seek
peacemaking dialogue
February 23, 2022
New Ukrainian church leader rallies
populace
February 22, 2022
Approval of Putin voiced in Moscow
church
February 22, 2022
Putin claims Orthodox church
threatened by Ukrainian government
February 21, 2022
Prosecution spells out specific
charges against Jehovah's Witnesses
February 17, 2022
Searches and arrests of Jehovah's
Witnesses continue unabated
February 16, 2022
New Ukrainian church prays for
threatened homeland
February 15, 2022
Ukrainian diplomat seeks pope's
help
February 10, 2022
Putin hears from head of Supreme
Court about ruling favorable to Jehovah's Witnesses
February 9, 2022
Ukrainian religious leaders voice
current concerns to lawmakers
February 8, 2022
Ukrainian church leader stokes
Ukrainian nationalism
February 4, 2022
Sociological survey depicts
Ukrainians' feelings about church leaders
February 2, 2022
Belarusian dictator threatens
Ukrainian liberty on spiritual basis
January 28, 2022
Judge applies Supreme Court ruling
in Jehovah's Witnesses' favor
January 27, 2022
Head of new Ukrainian church sounds
anti-Russian alarm
January 25, 2022
Ukrainian diplomat mixes religion
and politics in current crisis
January 22, 2022
Jehovah's Witnesses from Kursk lose
their appeal
January 21, 2022
Some Jehovah's Witnesses benefit
from Supreme Court's ruling
January 18, 2022
Catholic clergy fear Russian
invasion of Ukraine
January 17, 2022
Russian foreign minister injects
religious dimension of Ukrainian issue
January 14, 2022
Illegal prosecution of Jehovah's
Witness in Russian-occupied region
January 14, 2022
Appeals court defies instructions
from Supreme Court in Jehovah's Witnesses case
January 12, 2022
Moscow church leader in Belarus
echoes dictator's aspiration
January 11, 2022
Russian Orthodox bishop sides with
Kazakhstani president
January 10, 2022
Belarusian dictator alarmed by
religious dimension of Kazakh crisis
January 7, 2022
Orthodox "foreign minister"
announces negotiations for patriarch's meeting with pope
December 22, 2021
Orthodox leaders dispute situation
in Ukrainian churches
December 21, 2021
Ukrainian evangelical preacher
rebuffed in Russia
December 20, 2021
Ukrainian church leader resists
army chaplains from Moscow church
December 19, 2021
Head of new Ukrainian church
expresses hope for papal interventio n
December 18, 2021
Teenager bombs an Orthodox high
school outside Moscow
December 13, 2021
Ukraine is urgent matter for the
pope
December 12, 2021
Orthodox church's "foreign
minister" supports Russia's diplomacy
December 11, 2021
Ukrainian foreign ministry keeps
talk of pope's visit alive
December 10, 2021
Pope makes overture for a trip to
Russia; Moscow not so eager
December 6, 2021
Russia acts against evangelical
movement with international ties
December 3, 2021
Ukrainian Greek Catholics have
hopes for papal visit
December 2, 2021
Another Jehovah's Witness benefits
from Supreme Court ruling
November 30, 2021
Dissident Orthodox monk given
prison sentence
November 30, 2021
Fallout from Supreme Court ruling
still occurring
November 29, 2021
Bishop who attacked priest
inhibited from ministry
November 28, 2021
Video of Orthodox bishop's physical
abuse causes scandal
November 27, 2021
Orthodox church engulfed by dispute
over electronic codes
November 26, 2021
Activities of the organization of
Ukrainian evangelicals
November 24, 2021
Ukrainian government official
criticizes Russian behavior in Crimea
November 24, 2021
Experts disagree on
expectations from Supreme Court directiv e
November 23, 2021
Russian-American dispute about
religious rights heats up
November 22, 2021
Trial court applies recent Supreme
Court ruling in favor of Jehovah's Witness
November 22, 2021
Patriarch Kirill celebrates his
75th birthday
November 20, 2021
Catholic church intercedes for
migrants trapped in Belarus
November 15, 2021
Belarusian Baptists recall soviet
times
November 12, 2021
Protestant congregation hounded by
security agency
November 10, 2021
Civil rights committee takes stand
for Jehovah's Witnesses
November 8, 2021
Prosecution of old case of Siberian
sect revived
November 4, 2021
Georgian church leader slights
Moscow patriarchate, congratulating Bartholomew
November 2, 2021
Constantinople patriarch received
in U.S.A
November 1, 2021
Results of high court decision wait
to be seen
October 30, 2021
Russian high court opinion may
improve conditions for Jehovah's Witnesses
October 29, 2021
Moscow church criticizes
Constantinople patriarch in U.S.
October 27, 2021
Orthodox
leader urges believers to take health precautions
October 26, 2021
Severe sentences draw renewed
attention to Jehovah's Witnesses
October 26, 2021
Orthodox church leader regrets
Putin's mortality
October 25, 2021
Court assigns longest prison terms
yet to three Jehovah's Witnesses
October 25, 2021
Moscow churches not shut down along
with the city
October 25, 2021
Public disagreement between top
Orthodox spokesmen
October 25, 2021
Belarus treats Jehovah's Witnesses
better than does Russia
October 22, 2021
Russian Supreme Court reports
decline in application of anti-evangelism law
October 21, 2021
Belarus shielding Jehovah's Witness
from Russia
October 20, 2021
Pandemic disrupts Orthodox church's
schedule
October 15, 2021
Patriarch Kirill ignites debate
over clash with Constantinople
October 14, 2021
Jehovah's Witness recounts torture
by security troops
October 13, 2021
Russian rights advocates defend
prosecuted Jehovah's Witnesses
October 12, 2021
Pentecostals in Russian-occupied
territory guilty under anti-evangelism law
October 7, 2021
More Baptists from Caucasus violate
anti-evangelism law
October 7, 2021
Russian law enforcement claims
disruption of terrorism
October 5, 2021
Russian religion law amended
October 3, 2021
Anti-evangelism law still being
used against protestants
October 3, 2021
Russia blackballs Scientologists
October 1, 2021
Rostov Jehovah's Witness loses
first appeal, plans a second
September 30, 2021
Five Jehovah's Witnesses sent to
prison colony
September 23, 2021
Ukrainian press mocks Moscow
church's discord with ecumenical patriarch
September 23, 2021
Three-year-old case against
Jehovah's Witnesses delayed again
September 22, 2021
Yet another prosecution of a
Jehovah's Witness
September 21, 2021
Notorious case involving Jehovah's
Witnesses finally ready for court
September 17, 2021
Moscow patriarch recruits support
against Constantinople
September 16, 2021
Russian diplomat repeats
accusations about American meddling in Orthodoxy
September 15, 2021
Ukrainians contemplate change of
national alphabet
September 14, 2021
Today is New Year's Day for Russian
Orthodox
September 14, 2021
Ukrainian press sets Moscow church
against America
September 13, 2021
First Russian saint in America
memorialized in homeland
September 10, 2021
New case opened against Jehovah's
Witness in Cheliabin sk
September 8, 2021
Prosecutor raises requested
punishment for five Jehovah's Witnesses
September 7, 2021
Reformed ex-con Jehovah's Witness
sentenced a second time
September 7, 2021
City government orders destruction
of Pentecostal church building
September 4, 2021
Appeals court reviews harsh
sentences of Jehovah's Witnesses
September 3, 2021
International organizations view
abuse of Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territor y
September 1, 2021
European court intervenes in favor
of Jehovah's Witnesse s
August 31, 2021
Russian foreign minister defends
Russian church
August 31, 2021
Moscow patriarch renews
condemnation of Patriarch Bartholomew
August 30, 2021
Woman fined for bringing Jehovah's
Witnesses book into Russia
August 30, 2021
New roundup of Jehovah's Witnesses
in Moscow
August 26, 2021
Patriarch avoids in-person
confrontation with Moscow church
August 24, 2021
Russia bans some Pentecostal groups
August 23, 2021
Breaking News: The patriarch has
arrived
August 20, 2021
Another Jehovah's Witness convicted
in Birobidzhan
August 19, 2021
Moscow patriarchate complains about
alleged government negligence
August 18, 2021
Moscow church recruits
opposition to patriarch's visit
August 18, 2021
Public invitation to see patriarch
in Kiev
August 18, 2021
More than ten criminal cases of
Jehovah's Witnesses in Russian-occupied Crimea
August 17, 2021
Adherents of Muslim sect convicted
in Russian-occupied Crimea
August 16, 2021
Supporters of Moscow church prepare
for patriarch's visit to Ukraine
August 13, 2021
Russian appeals court leaves harsh
punishment of Crimean Jehovah's Witness
August 11, 2021
Sketchy information about
patriarch's Ukrainian visit released
August 10, 2021
Practitioners of ancestral religion
make their existence known
August 9, 2021
Adherent of Muslim sect amasses
prison time
August 6, 2021
Rural churches rescued from common
fate of soviet era
August 5, 2021
Russia raises alarm about
patriarch's visit to Ukraine
August 3, 2021
Belarusian dictator makes overture
to Moscow patriarch
August 2, 2021
Jehovah's Witnesses' sentences pile
up in south of Russia
August 2, 2021
Security service in Blagoveshchensk
relentless in pursuit of Jehovah's Witnesses
August 2, 2021
Constantinople and Kiev communicate
on proposed visit by patriarch
July 30, 2021
Rostov court
treats Jehovah's Witnesses harshly
July 29, 2021
Constantinople patriarch's visit to
Ukraine still a puzzle
July 28, 2021
Belarusian politician raises
Orthodox church issue
July 26, 2021
Bishop echoes alarm about Putin's
threat to Ukrain e
July 25, 2021
Russian foreign minister blames
U.S.A. for Ukrainian church problems
July 24, 2021
Moscow patriarch addresses Orthodox
political assembly
July 22, 2021
Ukrainian nationalist news source
sounds alarm over threat of Putin
July 21, 2021
Heavy fines imposed on Jehovah’s
Witnesses in Kirov
July 21, 2021
Seven Jehovah’s Witnesses in Griazi
are defendants
July 19, 2021
Russian press slanders Jehovah’s
Witnesses
July 19, 2021
Orthodox believers defy government
to honor royal saints
July 17, 2021
Moscow news source doubts Ukrainian
statistics
July 16, 2021
Pursuit of Jehovah’s Witnesses
reaches into its 68th Russian region
July 15, 2021
Long drawn-out case against
Jehovah’s Witness ends with conviction
July 14, 2021
Fifth Jehovah’s Witness convicted
in Rostov-on-Don
July 13, 2021
Russian president attacks new
Ukrainian church
July 13, 2021
Moscow church leader views problems
of Belarusian Orthodoxy
July 10, 2021
Direct clash between metropolitan
and governor in Ekaterinburg over tsarist pilgrimage
July 10, 2021
Russian Supreme Court moves trial
of dissident Orthodox monk to Moscow
July 9, 2021
Ukrainian church leader imagines
pope’s visit in Ukraine when patriarch may be there
July 8, 2021
Ukrainians prepare to flaunt
ecumenical patriarch's visit
July 7, 2021
Public favor for new Ukrainian
church grows
July 6, 2021
Putin increases attention to state
manipulation of religion
July 5, 2021
Belarusian dictator picks fight
with Catholics
July 4, 2021
Two long-time Jehovah's Witnesses
given harsh sentences
June 30, 2021
Ukrainian Baptist goes to Russia
seeking converts
June 27, 2021
Prospects for Ukrainian visit by
ecumenical patriarch still uncertain
June 25, 2021
Belarusian dictator dismisses
threat of Orthodox schism
June 25, 2021
Evangelicals of south Russia face
charges
June 24, 2021
Prosecutor demands harsh sentences
for elderly Jehovah's Witness couple
June 24, 2021
Russia readies implementation of
new law affecting religion
June 23, 2021
Religious organizations acquire
shield from some government intrusion
June 18, 2021
Head of new Ukrainian church
solicits European aid
June 14, 2021
British ambassador to Moscow helps
local church
June 13, 2021
Belarusian archbishop's replacement
June 12, 2021
In defense of the deposed
Belarusian archbishop
June 10, 2021
Orthodox churchman appears victim
of Belarusian autocracy
June 9, 2021
World Union of Old Believers offers
help to settle dispute in Moscow church
June 8, 2021
Jehovah's Witnesses detained in
inhumane conditions
June 4, 2021
Number of Jehovah's Witnesses on
trial in Lipetsk grows
June 2, 2021
Christian attorney gives advice for
staying on good side of law
June 1, 2021
Crimean Pentecostals fined for
violating Russia's anti-evangelism law
May 31, 2021
American prayer breakfast figure
feted by Ukrainian churchmen
May 26, 2021
Court sorts out sentences for
Jehovah's Witnesses
May 26, 2021
Jehovah's Witnesses punished
harshly by courts in Khakassia
May 25, 2021
Russian Orthodox leader repeats
Moscow's rejection of Ukrainian church
May 24, 2021
Protestants' request to assign
church building to them turned down
May 21, 2021
Three courts side with Jehovah's
Witness' defense
May 20, 2021
Another Muslim activist arrested
May 20, 2021
Four Jehovah's Witnesses in
Cheliabinsk face trial
May 19, 2021
Another Jehovah's Witness added to
Rostov's total of convicts
May 18, 2021
Russian customs seizes Jehovah's
Witnesses literature
May 18, 2021
Russian press explains Jewish
celebration of the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)
May 14, 2021
Ukrainian news reports American
criticism of Russian rights violations
May 13, 2021
Jehovah's Witness woman's legal
appeal proves costly
May 13, 2021
Believer giving away Bibles
violates anti-evangelism law
May 12, 2021
Moscow church in Ukraine criticizes
visit by American official
May 10, 2021
Secretary Blinkin's visit to
Ukraine stirs religious controversy
May 7, 2021
U.S.A. demonstrates support for
Ukrainian church
May 6, 2021
Ukrainian church looks ahead to
controversial visit by patriarch of Constantinople
May 5, 2021
Celebration of Hindu festival runs
afoul of anti-evangelism law
May 4, 2021
Head of Ukrainian church blames
Patriarch Kirill for Russian aggression
May 3, 2021
Speculation in Ukraine about
Vatican meeting for Zelensky and Putin continues
May 1, 2021
Russian church spokesman cautiously
upbeat about Ukrainian situation
April 30, 2021
Ukrainian president suggests
meeting Putin in the Vatican
April 29, 2021
Crimean Pentecostals acknowledge
breaking anti-evangelism law
April 29, 2021
Russian church continues dispute
with Constantinople
April 28, 2021
Russian president uses Russian
church to badger Ukraine
April 27, 2021
Court rebuffs prosecutor's request
to imprison Jehovah's Witnesses for very long terms
April 26, 2021
Baptist preacher punished for
allegedly violating anti-evangelism law
April 23, 2021
Ukrainian churches at odds over
military situation
April 23, 2021
Ukrainian church suspects Moscow
church will betray Ukraine
April 20, 2021
Absurd misapplication of
anti-evangelism law corrected
April 19, 2021
Russian Orthodox dissident plans to
join Constantinople church
April 18, 2021
Moscow church building in Ukraine
destroyed by fire
April 18, 2021
Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholics
rally the faithful
April 16, 2021
Jehovah's Witness faces longest
prison term
April 16, 2021
Detention of Jehovah's Witnesses
enters a new region
April 13, 2021
Ecumenical Ukrainian criticism of
Russian belligerence
April 13, 2021
Official claims that Russian church
agitates in Estonia for Kremlin goals
April 12, 2021
Prosecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
gets more brutal
April 9, 2021
Moscow church in Ukraine prepared
for civil disobedience
April 8, 2021
Russian investigation bureau
nabs four Jehovah's Witnesses
April 7, 2021
Court unmoved by appeal of elderly
Jehovah's Witness
April 6, 2021
Russian church does not care that
its Easter differs from other Christians
April 5, 2021
Orthodox dissident seeks
reconsideration of his case
April 5, 2021
Orthodox leader suspends punishment
of dissident churchman
April 5, 2021
Jehovah's Witnesses frustrated in
Rostov courts
March 29, 2021
Jehovah's Witness in
Russian-occupied Crimea given long prison term
March 29, 2021
Moscow patriarchate likes changes
in religion law
March 24, 2021
Lower chamber of Russian parliament
passes amendments to religion law
March 24, 2021
Prosecutor asks for longest jail
time thus far for Jehovah's Witnesses
March 23, 2021
Jehovah's Witnesses family harassed
by authorities
March 23, 2021
Russian parliam ent set to adopt delayed changes to
religion law
March 18, 2021
Baptist leader acknowledges he
broke religion law
March 17, 2021
Court piles up 13 years of
punishment for elderly Jehovah's Witness
March 16, 2021
"Veteran of Labor" Jehovah's
Witness woman sentenced
March 12, 2021
Another elderly woman Jehovah's
Witness threatened with prison
March 11, 2021
Jehovah's Witness loses appeal in
Rostov
March 1, 2021
Small concession from state for
Jehovah's Witness
March 1, 2021
Ukrainian high court undercuts
authority of Orthodox bishops
March 1, 2021
Jehovah's Witnesses win partial
victory in appeal of verdicts
February 27, 2021
Russian press reports American
defense of Jehovah's Witnesses
February 26, 2021
Document: Russian foreign ministry
letter to Jehovah's Witness believer
February 26, 2021
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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