Russian authorities target official Web site of Jehovah’s Witnesses

JW-Media.org 2012-02-16 - copyright by Watchtower

CHITA, Russia—A report posted on the Web site of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation informed its readers that the District Court in the city of Chita, located in the Zabaykalsky Territory, ruled to block access in the region of

The video is not part of the official release.

The ruling was in response to demands from a local deputy prosecutor, Denis Kovylchenko, and was issued without involving the site’s owners in the legal proceedings or informing them of the prosecutor’s claim.

Mr. Kovylchenko falsely alleged that the Witnesses’ Web site is “an electronic resource of an extremist nature,” and failed to produce any evidence supporting his claim. His statement contradicts the fact that the publications of Jehovah