INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian court sentenced four members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the United States -based Christian evangelical movement, to six years
in prison for "extremism," investigators said Tuesday.The four adherents of the Jehovah's Witnesses, who hail from the city of Chita in
organized meetings, collected donations and distributed religious literature, investigators said in a statement.The court sentenced two of
sentence.Russia brands the United States evangelical Christian movement, which was set up in the late 19th century and preaches
non-violence, as a totalitarian sect and in 2017 designated it an extremist organization and ordered its dissolution in the country.
