The activities of the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia – the largest Jehovah’s Witnesses group in the country, with some 175,000 adherents, have been suspended by the authorities.
According to the Russian Ministry of Justice, the suspension came as a result of the group allegedly conducting "extremist activity."
On April 5 the Supreme Court of Russia is expected to decide whether the religious group should be banned outright in the country.