A show trial, which started last October in the Russian city of Gorno-Altaisk but failed to pick up momentum after the thirty plus testifiers for the prosecution spoke out in favour of the defendant – a 34 year old Jehovah’s Witness accused of promoting extremism – has resumed this week with sentencing due shortly. Street [...]
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Persecuting Jehovah’s Witnesses In Russia
Posted in Back In The USSR, tagged Alexander Kalistratov, Anti-Terrorism Laws, Christianity, Extremist Literature, Freedom Of Expression, Gorno-Altaysk, Jehovah’s Witness, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Religion, Religious Persecution, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church on January 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Russia’s National Toilet Day
Posted in Back In The USSR, tagged National Toilet Day, Russia, Vladimir Moksunov, World Toilet Day on November 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
No shit. If the head of the country’s association of lavatory manufacturers has his way it’ll be celebrated annually on April the 9th. Owing to the dreadful condition of the nation’s latrines [I’ve used worse, but hey-ho], and the gradual fall from grace of a country that a century ago could proudly boast possession of [...]
Russian Police Collating “Data” On Muslims
Posted in Back In The USSR, Islamosphere, tagged Islamosphere, Muslims, Persecution, Religion, Russia, Voronezh on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
According to a report by the (self-styled) Chechen news agency Kavkaz Center, police in the south-western Russian city of Voronezh have requested local Islamic leaders provide details of practicing Muslims in the region, including where they pray and from whom they receive their funding. [I know what you’re thinking: is Voronezh not the place that [...]
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