Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
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The persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia refers to the Russian government's persecution of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Jehovah's Witnesses became legal after a long period of being banned, though have still faced widespread government interference in their activities.[1] Jehovah's Witnesses were deported en masse to Siberia in 1951 under Stalin via Operation North.[2]