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Friday February 29, 2008
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Russian doomsday sect members, who have been barricaded in a cave in the country’s central Penza Region since the fall, could die from infection and poisonous fumes, the Tvoi Den tabloid paper said. [video]
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Friday February 1, 2008
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Members of the sect, believed to number 35 people including 4 children, went underground in November 2007 in order to “save themselves during the time of the apocalypse,” which they say will come in May 2008.
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Wednesday January 30, 2008
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Kuznetsov, who declared himself a prophet and established a cult of Orthodox believers, is held responsible for persuading its members to barricade themselves in a cave in the Penza Region.
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Wednesday December 19, 2007
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Orlova denied early media reports that police and special forces were preparing to storm the cave.
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Monday December 10, 2007
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
More than a month ago about 30 members of a doomsday cult barricaded themselves into an underground tunnel in Russia's Penza region. They're waiting for the end of the world. They refuse ID numbers of any kind, saying they conceal satanic meanings. RT takes a look at the cult's beliefs.
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Tuesday November 27, 2007
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Sterligov, who once had a thriving coffin business, now lives as a peasant farmer after reportedly finding religion.
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Monday November 26, 2007
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The group has now been underground for around two weeks, and has refused all attempts to persuade them to come to the surface.
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Saturday November 24, 2007
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Alexander Dvorkin, a Russian expert on religions and sects, earlier said that totalitarian sects were common in Russia, and that “control over their members is absolute, and anything that comes into the heads of their leaders has a direct impact on the entire group”.
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Friday November 23, 2007
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Heavily medicated, Kuznetsov, 43, said that police had questioned him for four days to make him divulge the location of the sect’s cave. He explained away bruises around his eyes as a result of “falling face-down on the floor” in “dark corridors” at the police station.
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Two women and three children have locked themselves in the house of the cult leader.
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Tuesday November 20, 2007
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Pyotr Kuznetsov has agreed to seek the release of the children from the cave-like refuge, and authorities plan to escort him to the site Wednesday for talks with his followers, said Yevgeny Guseynov, a regional government official.
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Monday November 19, 2007
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The cult leader reportedly told followers that in the afterlife, they would be judging whether others deserved heaven or hell.
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Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Russian Orthodox priests sought Sunday to convince more than two dozen members of a doomsday cult to leave their underground forest hideout in the Penza region, but they stayed to await what they say is the end of the world.
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Saturday November 17, 2007
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Police are guarding the area around the clock, to prevent anyone from provoking the group. Local authorities are particularly concerned by unconfirmed reports of gunshots, fearing that the group may have weapons, Chernov says.
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Friday November 16, 2007
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Members of the so-called True Russian Orthodox Church claim they will ignite canisters filled with 400 liters, or about a 100 gallons, of gasoline if authorities try to force them out, said regional administration spokesman Yevgeny Guseynov.
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Thursday November 15, 2007
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Police said the sect is awaiting “doomsday.” They have a stock of food, and warned the authorities that in case police made an attempt to force their way inside, they would blow up their tunnels with the gas containers they had stored.
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Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
Twenty-nine members of a religious doomsday sect, including an 16-month-old baby, are hiding in a snow-covered cave in the Penza region, refusing to come out as they wait for the end of the world next May, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Tuesday November 13, 2007
Pyotr Kuznetsov • True Russian Orthodox Church:
A total of 29 sect members, including four children, of the so called True Russian Orthodox church have moved to the shelter, which contains underground wells, a kitchen, monastic cells and other facilities.
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