Russian Prosecutors Open Criminal Prosecution Against Scientology Group

Today's Moscow Times reports that prosecutors in the Russian town of Shchyolkovo, northeast of Moscow, have opened a criminal prosecution against the Church of Scientology on the grounds that it is promoting extremism. The action follows an April decision by a Siberian court that added 28 works by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard to the country's list of extremist material. (See prior posting.)