Pyotr Kuznetsov
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Saturday August 9, 2008
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A court in central Russia ordered on Friday the leader of a doomsday sect that recently spent more than six months underground waiting for the apocalypse to undergo compulsory psychiatric treatment.
“The defendant [Pyotr Kuznetsov] will not be responsible for the crimes he committed when mentally ill. The court has ordered compulsory treatment for him in a psychiatric ward,” Judge Maria Smyslova said.
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Tuesday July 22, 2008
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Although Russian cult leader Pyotr Kuznetsov has already been declared legally insane, the court will attempt to determine his mental state at the time his followers first went underground. » Full Story
Tuesday July 15, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
A local court in Russia’s Penza region is set to hear the case of the Doomsday cult leader, Pyotr Kuznetsov. He is accused of inciting religious hatred after he inspired 35 of his followers, including four children, to lock themselves in an underground bunker to wait for the Apocalypse last November. » Full Story
Wednesday June 11, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
No confinement is in store for Kuznetsov in the habitual sense of the word because he was declared insane, Shatsky said.
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A court in Russia’s Penza Region is expected to decide in late June whether the leader of a doomsday sect that spent half a year underground should be kept in a mental asylum, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Monday May 19, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
The long-running saga made local officials aware of some of the problems facing residents and local authorities even repaired roads to allow easier access to the cave, locals said.
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Friday May 16, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
The nine were the last of a group of 35 men, women and children that had dug into a hillside near the Volga region town of Penza in November and threatened to blow themselves up with gas canisters if authorities tried to remove them. [video]
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Thursday May 8, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Sect members still staying in the cave have not signaled any date of their possible coming out.
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Wednesday May 7, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Religious writings by doomsday cult leader Pyotr Kuzntsov have been declared illegal by a court in Russia’s Penza Region. The books were found to carry extremist ideas aimed at inciting hatred towards other religions and nationalities.
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Monday May 5, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
He had been hospitalized with head wounds on April 2. Although initial media reports claimed that he had been beaten by disillusioned sect members, authorities later said that his wounds were the result of a suicide attempt.
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Saturday April 12, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
The leader of the Doomsday cult, Pyotr Kuznetsov has regained consciousness a little over a week after an alleged suicide attempt.
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The leader of the Doomsday cult, Pyotr Kuznetsov, may face charges over his role in 35 cultists locking themselves underground for several months. Nine cultists remain underground and two are believed to have died. Those who’ve come out are being questioned ahead of possible charges.
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Monday April 7, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
A local government official says that police and emergency officials were remaining on duty outside the dugout where the remaining 11 sect members are still holed up.
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Friday April 4, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
The Doomsday cult members locked in an underground hideaway in Russia’s Penza region have vowed to stay silent and have stopped all negotiations with officials.
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Thursday April 3, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Pyotr Kuznetsov, 43, has been admitted to a hospital near Penza, about 600 km (370 miles) southeast of Moscow, and underwent an operation on Wednesday after suffering head wounds.
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Wednesday April 2, 2008
Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
There are now 11 members of the sect left underground. All of them are adults.
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Two of the cells built by the cult members collapsed Tuesday, and the cave became divided into two parts. The 14 people who came out were in a different section from those who still remain, Sharonov said. [video]
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Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
With more sections of the bunker collapsing authorities believe the safety of those who is still in the bunker is in serious danger.
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Heavenly Jerusalem • Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Rescue workers have cleaned up and reinforced the entrance to the shelter following its collapse, clearing the way for the sect members should they wish to end their underground wait for the Apocalypse. A group of rescue workers is also on duty day and night near the shelter in order to provide assistance in the case of an emergency.
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Tuesday April 1, 2008
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Fourteen members of a doomsday cult who had been holed up in a cave in Russia for the last few months are reported to have come out. [video]
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A Russian priest who specialises in the Apocalypse has been trying to coax members of a Doomsday cult to come out of a cave where they have spent five months waiting for the world to end.
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Monday March 31, 2008
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A Russian doomsday cult sheltering in a bunker say credit cards and food packaging bar codes are satanic, the official negotiating the release of children from the group said.
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Saturday March 29, 2008
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Officials feared that melting snow could eventually lead to the collapse of the cave, but there was no immediate threat to those who remained behind.
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Monday March 24, 2008
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Pyotr Kuznetsov was earlier charged with “the creation of an organization infringing upon citizens’ rights.”
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Around thirty of his followers have barricated themselves in an underground bunker where they are awaiting the end of the world (scheduled for this May, according to them).
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