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Scientologists charged with extremism

Title: Scientologists charged with extremism
Date: Sunday, 25 July 2010
Publisher: Moscow Times
Main source: themoscowtimes.com

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Prosecutors have opened a criminal case against a Scientology center in the town of Shchyolkovo, 13 kilometers northeast of Moscow, on charges of inciting hatred, punishable with up to five years in prison. Investigators have decided that documents and literature confiscated at the center promoted extremism, a law enforcement official told Interfax, without elaborating. The decision was based on expertise conducted by leading Russian linguistic institutions, including the Linguistics Institute at the Academy of Sciences, Interfax reported. In April, works by ... [Read the rest at themoscowtimes.com]