Russia looks at banning Jehovah's Witnesses

moscow - The Russian Ministry of Justice leaves out if the Jehovah's Witnesses can be put on the list of extremist organizations. That reports the Moscow Times Friday. If this happens, the group is prohibited and may 175,000 Jehovah's Witnesses no longer meet legal or distribute literature together in Russia.

The religious organization has years of problems with Russian authorities, which sees the group as a pernicious sect. The group has been banned in eight separate regions of Russia and more than eighty of her publications are banned in Russia.

Reason for the study is an order to conclude that requested the Ministry of Justice of the headquarters of the organization in the vicinity of St. Petersburg. The Supreme Court will examine here on April 5.