https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/russia-declares-groups-linked-to-church-of-scientology-as-undesirable/2021/09/27/bcc7a4a6-1fd7-11ec-a8d9-0827a2a4b915_story.html
Religion
Russia declares groups linked to Church of Scientology as 'undesirable'
By Alejandra Molina | Religion News Service
September 27, 2021 at 5:13 p.m. EDT
(RNS) — Russia has designated two California-based organizations linked to the Church of Scientology as “undesirable,” a move that could formally ban the group.
The Prosecutor General’s Office on Friday (Sept. 24) said the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises International and the Church of Spiritual Technology “pose a threat to the security of the Russian Federation.”
The issue will now be taken up by the Ministry of Justice, which, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, could outlaw the groups under laws governing “undesirable” foreign nongovernmental organizations.
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