A self-proclaimed reincarnation of Jesus, cult leader Sergei Torop, has been sentenced to prison for mentally and physically abusing his followers. Torop, 64, a former traffic officer, founded the ...

Deep in a remote corner of Siberia, a group of masked men swarmed the City of the Sun, a deeply religious settlement in the Krasnoyarsk region. The Russian security forces had arrived in September ...

(Reuters) -A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on Monday after being convicted of harming his followers' health and financial ...

A Siberian cult leader who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian prison camp after his conviction for physically and financially harming his followers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Vissarion, who has proclaimed himself a new Christ, conducts a service during the Holiday of Good Fruit feast in the ...