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Jehovah's Witnesses Banned as 'Extremist' in Russian Region. Nearly 70 Jehovah's Witnesses publications are included among the Federal List of Extremist Materials in Russia. The Supreme Court approved Russia's first region-wide ban of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group, deeming them extremist, Interfax said. The ruling, passed Wednesday, had been the group's final hope of stalling the ban in the Samara region, which first passed by a regional court in May, but was later appealed.
Last updated 2009-09-29. The history and founding of the Jehovah's Witnesses movement, including all its leaders since Charles Taze Russell first founded the Zion's Watch Tower magazine. Jehovah's Witnesses grew out of the 19th-century American Adventist tradition. Note: this article uses the term Witnesses for clarity throughout, even though the term was not widely used before 1931. Charles Taze Russell Â© 1880s: organised by Charles Taze Russell