A Russian court has sentenced 55-year-old Vladimir Alushkin to six years’ imprisonment for supposed ‘extremist activities’, namely reading the Bible and practising his faith. The same Leninsky District Court in Penza passed two-year suspended sentences against five other Jehovah’s Witnesses: Vladimir’s wife, Tatyana; Vladimir Kulyasov; Galiya Olkhova: Andrey Magliv, and Denis Timoshin. Since their suspended sentences are conditional on not repeating the absolutely normal activities of believers, such as attending meetings or preaching their faith, it is more than likely that some or all of the five will also end up behind bars.
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People attend the annual Jehovah's Witnesses assembly gathering 30.000 believers on July 22, 2011 in Villepinte, Paris suburb.
