The first reports of Christian leaders being arrested in Russia
following the passing of new anti-terrorism laws that ban evangelism outside of
churches have started coming in.
The Moscow Times reports that Sergei Zhuravlyov, a representative of the
Ukrainian Reformed Orthodox Church of Christ the Savior, was arrested earlier
this month while he was preaching before the St. Petersburg Messianic Jewish
community, and was charged with violating a provision of the law that bans illegal missionary
activity.
Law enforcement officials later told Interfax news agency that
Zhuravlyov is being accused of "fomenting negative attitudes toward the Russian
Orthodox Church," and of having ties to the Ukrainian nationalist political
party called Right Sector, which is banned in Russia. Read
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