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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.
The Witnesses stem from the preachings of their founder Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) and his successor Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1870- 1942). They are not the same as Quakers. Their main belief is that Jehovah is the proper name for God and the pray through Jesus Christ. Their main activities are door step proselytising and many publications.