INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
from his sentence for time spent in pre-trial detention, he was released after spending a total of five years in Russian jail.Some 62 of the
625 persecuted adherents of the pacifist Christian denomination have been sentenced to prison since Russia banned the group, according to
recent years.In the Soviet era, the group's refusal to take up arms and serve in the military led the state to prosecute followers for
