Billions of rubles of the Jehovah's Witnesses fell into the hands of the Kremlin. Legally

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Billions of rubles of the Jehovah's Witnesses fell into the hands of the Kremlin. Legally
ARTICLE OF THE NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE. The translation is not perfect, but you can understand most of it.
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Jehovah's Witnesses "(banned in the Russian organization - Ed ..) In Russia recently made a list of extremist organizations, which are present, for example," Al-Qaeda "and LIH (both organizations banned in Russia - Ed ..) The followers of this religious tendency, which the Bible prohibits killing, looked with amazement at the way the Kremlin takes their property.The other day, the Municipal Court of Saint Petersburg admitted that this procedure was legal.

The cost of the property confiscated only in St. Petersburg can exceed $ 13.9 million, that is, several billion rubles. City Court confirmed the judgment of first instance, which at the end of last year ruled that the 16 properties (land and buildings) in the elite neighborhood, which belonged to "Watchtower Society" (another name of the organization "Jehovah's Witnesses", prohibited in Russia - ed. Ed.), It will be transferred to state property, specifies the radio station "Ekho Moskvy".

Judgment: Jehovah's Witnesses are extremists

Not on the road with the state

In an interview with The New York Times, Sivak said that, because of his faith, he lost his job (he was a physical education teacher). It is curious that before joining the Witnesses, in 2000 he voted for Putin and then did not participate in any opposition activity, although he stopped going to the polls. "I do not do politics at all," he emphasized.

"Jehovah's Witnesses exist parallel to the state," explains Geraldine Fagan, author of the book Faith in Russia: a religious policy after communism. "They do not interfere in politics, which in itself seems suspicious," he says in a conversation with The New York Times. As the Russian unit is subordinated to American structures, and its members adopt such a cautious stance, it is more difficult for the Russian Orthodox Church and special services to monitor them. However, around the "Witnesses" there are several rumors that inflame the imagination of the authorities and the FSB.

In the course of last year's Sivak trial, the prosecutor put it this way: "They show disrespect to the state, destroy public ties and undermine the foundations of national and state security." As a result, Sivak and another convicted member of the "Witnesses" were acquitted, however, it later turned out that they had not been removed from the list of terrorists. It was also clear that the Ministry of Justice has been following Jehovah's Witnesses for many years and believes they are violating the law to counter extremism. As a result, all movement structures, including 400 communities, which linked approximately 175,000 followers, were ordered to suspend their activities. The decisions of the authorities received propaganda support, while the Russians joined in the prosecution of the Witnesses. All this reminds us of the times of Stalin, when the members of the movement were sent to Siberia. They say that now communities across Russia are under pressure and that their property is being stolen. The courts can not help you in any way.

Why does Putin persecute Jehovah's Witnesses?

Although "Witnesses" often cause irritation among Russians for going to preach at home, it is difficult to accuse them of inciting the riot. The followers of this movement do not drink alcohol, do not smoke and do not accept the bloodshed to such an extent that they even reject blood transfusions. Social "passivity" makes them an easy target. "They can be used to give a signal to society," says Alexander Verkhovsky, director of the Sova Analytical Center, which studies extremism in Russia.

The message says: "everyone should support Putin." Anyone who refuses to do so is a saboteur who prevents Russia from getting out of the knee, and any violation of the rules set by the authorities falls under anti-terrorist legislation. Until recently, the concept of "extremism" in Russian legislation was closely related to the use of violence, but they have changed so that the article was found in every is practically any "unfair" disloyal person.

The foreign organization of the Russian Federation took the complex to the price of 880 million: it was used by the Jehovah's Witnesses updated: 04-05-2018 (13:19)
St. Petersburg City Court on May 3 confirmed the decision of the District Court, according to which a complex of 14 buildings at the expense of more than 880 million rubles is withdrawn in favor of the state, said the center "Sova" list mail, received Kasparov.Ru.
The decision was taken Sestroretsk District Court December 7, 2017 at the request of the prosecutor's office of the Resort District of St. Petersburg and the territorial administration of the Federal Property Agency, "the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania . "
The complex of 33 thousand square meters in the village of Solnechnoye foreign religious organization owned since 2000. This is an old camp of pioneers, purchased by the Company of one of the Russian companies, by which the organization paid all taxes owed to its due time during these years.
Since 2000, the management center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, which was not the owner of the property, has enjoyed the complex. The court considered the 2000 agreement null and void. The Management Center was declared an extremist in April 2017 and liquidated together with its 360 local organizations with the confiscation of property.
Keep in mind that this is the second great wave of persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by the state. On April 1 and 2, 1951, a "North" operation was carried out for the mass relocation to Siberia of supporters of the Jehovah's Witness organization and their families.
In total, more than 8.5 thousand people were evicted (more than 3 thousand families). The property of the evicted was confiscated and applied to cover the costs of state obligations. Evicted people were given two hours to collect and 150 kg of things per family. Only in 1965, restrictions on the special solution were lifted and released from administrative supervision, the participants of "sects" -. Jehovah's Witnesses, True Orthodox Christians, Adventist-Reformist Innochentism and Their Families "Decree, paragraph 2, states that" the lifting of restrictions on a special settlement for such persons does not entail the return of confiscated property after the eviction "

And the presumption of innocence? These are empty words in Russia. Sivaku himself had to prove that he was not an extremist, but a citizen respectful of the law. "They call me a terrorist, but I just wanted people to pay close attention to the words of the Bible," he explained.

https://inosmi.ru/social/20180508/242170358.html

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