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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.
History of Jehovah's Witnesses. Jehovah's Witnesses had its origins in the Bible Student movement, which developed in the United States in the 1870s among followers of Christian Restorationist minister Charles Taze Russell. Bible Student missionaries were sent to England in 1881 and the first overseas branch was opened in London in 1900. The group took on the name International Bible Students Association and by 1914 it was also active in Canada, Germany, Australia and other countries. The movement split into several rival orga