In the Tula region, followers of priest. Vasily Novikov recognized as an extremist organization
In the Tula region, the “Orthodox organization in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Sovereign”” (followers of St. Vasily Novikov) have been recognized as an extremist organization. On July 25, 2016, it became known that the Tula Regional Court upheld the demands of the prosecutor’s office and recognized the religious group “Orthodox organization in honor of the icon of the Mother of God“ Derzhavnaya ”, better known as the convent in Novomoskovsk, as an extremist organization.