Straight from their own website, www.jw-media.org, click on the pdf link. Interesting info...
http://www.jw-media.org/region/europe/russia/english/moscow/rus_e0506.pdf
it's not possible for me to post the pdf.file here, as the text comes out garbled. one letter is printed below........
MOSCOW
DEPUTY
MOSCOW CITY DUMA
Surname Name Patronymic: Rukina I. M. Electoral Circuit No. 6
127994, Moscow, GSP-4, ul. Petrovka, 22 Telephone:
Fax: 921-92-02
18.01.05 No. 29-05-007/5
Replying to: No.
Director of
Police Headquarters
V. V. Pronin
Honorable Vladimir Vasilyevich!
A letter has been received addressed to Moscow City Duma
- studying in the second year
(section erased, possibly containing name
of a second year college female student who has
either become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses
or who has begun studying)
as have many young people, has fallen under the influence of the sect of
Jehovah’s Witnesses, which has launched an active campaign in the territory of (erased). For
parents and relatives of children who have been induced into this sect, the harm from its
activities is obvious—extortion of money on the pretext of “voluntary contributions,”
conflicts with relatives, the breakup of ties with relatives and friends. Unfortunately, those
active in the sect are well protected legally and it is very difficult to find means of opposition,
especially in view of the fact that all of the young people induced into the sect are of full legal
age and have joined of their own accord, and indeed on the surface it all looks very
respectable.
However, having fallen under this alien and hostile influence, young people can be
used to achieve unlawful aims and, taking into account the development of events along these
lines, it seems to me that the activities of such organizations as Jehovah’s Witnesses should be
strictly monitored and controlled.
I earnestly request you, Honorable Vladimir Vasilyevich, to look into possibilities of
counteracting the influence of the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The contacts of the applicant can be provided if necessary.
Enclosure: 4 pages
Deputy (signature) I. M. Rukina
Executor Brodskaya N. P. (stamp: Department (stamp: Department of
Tel. 925-73-60 for Fighting Against Records and Procedures,
Organized Crime, Moscow City Police Department
dated 24.01.2005 dated 20.01.2005
No. E-1) No. 2/5 – 549)
Moscow Patriarchy Syktyvkar Eparchy
Orthodox Parish of Ukhta, Temple of Saint Stephen Bishop of Perm
169200 Ukhta city, Komi Republic, 8 Oktyabrskaya, tel:8 (82147)4- 09- 78, email:
[email protected] /40703810804220000023 in FACB “Severny Narodny Bank” OJSC Ukhta city, /30101810000000000785, 048717785, 1102019820, 110201001, 41660346, N 98700No. 32 a Mr. T. F. Tkachuk 8 April, 2005
Investigation organized
(Signature of representative
of prosecutor’s office,
dated 12 April, 2005)
Public Prosecutor of Ukhta
Senior Justice Adviser
Sanaev N. N.
APPLICATION
Honorable Nikolay Nikolayevich!
We ask you to conduct an investigation of the “Jehovah’s Witnesses” sect on the
legitimacy of their activity in the city of Ukhta. The grounds for this application are letters
that Jehovah’s Witnesses have been distributing to people’s mailboxes. In the letters, besides
intimidation, there is evidence of interference in the private lives of citizens. On the basis of
Article 29 of the Russian Federation Constitution, and Article 14 of the Federal Law On
Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations, we ask you to consider this application
and to take appropriate measures in order to protect our citizens from infringement on their
personal freedom by the representatives of this sect.
Despite the fact that the activity of the sect has been stopped in the territory of the city
of Moscow in accordance with the Golovinsky District Court of the Northern Circuit decision
dated 26 March, 2004, which serves as the basis for corresponding decisions in the city of
Ukhta, Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to perform their illegal activity. This sect is banned in
29 countries of the world, and in France it is considered to be a commercial organization. By
the decision of Dzerzhinsky Federal Court of the Central District of St. Petersburg, dated 28
December, 1999, case No. 2-237, the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses is recognized as a
sect.
Temple Senior Priest Signature priest Yevgeny Aleksandrov
Stamp: The Prosecutor’s Office, city of Ukhta, Komi Republic, 12 April, 2005, No. CM
175zh-05