JULY 17, 2017 — Appellate Chamber of the Russian Federation Supreme Court upholds April 20 Decision. Jehovah’s Witnesses are effectively banned in Russia

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APRIL 20, 2017 — Russian Federation Supreme Court rules to criminalize the activity of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015 — All sixteen Witnesses on retrial in Taganrog are criminally convicted for practicing their faith. The judge suspended the sentences

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DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Supreme Court of the Russian Federation bans jw.org

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JULY 30, 2014 — Seven of sixteen Witnesses on trial in Taganrog are criminally convicted for practicing their faith

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JUNE 10, 2010 — European Court of Human Rights declares the ban on the Moscow Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses a violation of human rights
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 — Rostov Regional Court declares 34 publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses to be extremist
2009 — Russian law-enforcement authorities begin misapplying the Federal Law on Counteracting Extremist Activity
MARCH 26, 2004 — Moscow Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses banned
MARCH 1996 — Jehovah’s Witnesses fully exonerated as victims of political repression
DECEMBER 11, 1992 — Russian Federation legally registers Jehovah’s Witnesses
MARCH 27, 1991 — Soviet Union legally registers Jehovah’s Witnesses
OCTOBER 1965 — Easing of government restrictions and oppression
APRIL 1951 — About 9,500 Witnesses from six Soviet republics exiled to Siberia
1928 — Jehovah’s Witnesses fail to achieve legal registration; years of persecution begin
1891 — First Russian Witness exiled to Siberia
1887 — First recorded instance of The Watchtower being mailed to Russia

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia

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