Jehovah’s Witnesses in the USSR (1970-1986)

<<Other texts and documents>> By the mid-1970s the Chronicle regularly published a section reporting on “The Persecution of [religious] Believers”. Often it was further subdivided between Adventists, Pentecostals and Baptists, joined from time to time by Orthodox Christians and Catholics in Moldova. References to the harassment of Jehovah’s Witnesses are far less frequent, as the … Continue reading Jehovah’s Witnesses in the USSR (1970-1986)

Self-immolation: A protest of despair (1968-2019)

<<Other texts and documents>> On 10 SEPTEMBER 2019, 79-year-old activist Albert Razin set fire to himself in Izhevsk, capital of the Udmurt Republic (Volga Federal District) in protest against the policy of the national government [1] concerning languages and linguistic minorities within Russia. No fire extinguisher was near to hand and he died later in … Continue reading Self-immolation: A protest of despair (1968-2019)