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Russian Supreme Court refuses to invalidate ban imposed on Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

"The decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of April 20, 2017, which accommodates the request from the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on the liquidation of the Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia has been left unchanged and the appeal dismissed," the board of appeals of the Russian Supreme Court said in its decision. Thus, the organization's liquidation has taken legal effect

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