Sergei Torop, 64, lost his job as a traffic cop before founding the Church of the Last Testament in 1991 and claiming to be ...

The Russian security forces had arrived in September 2020 to arrest the so-called Jesus of Siberia, a former traffic policeman known as ‘Vissarion’ who some viewed as the reincarnation of Christ. The ...

"Jesus of Siberia" Sergei Torop Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison | Firstpost America | N18G A Russian cult leader who claimed ...

SERGEY Torop, a Russian religious cult leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, has been sentenced to 12 ...

A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on Monday after being convicted of harming his followers' health and financial affairs.

A Siberian cult leader who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian prison camp after his conviction for physically and financially harming his followers.

Deep in a remote corner of Siberia, a group of masked men swarmed the City of the Sun, a deeply religious settlement in the Krasnoyarsk region.. The Russian security forces had arrived in September ...

Russia Jails 'Jesus of Siberia' Sect Leader for 12 Years for Harming Followers By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 ...

Jesus of Siberia: The traffic cop ... Siberia, in just months before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The end of the world, Torop told his early followers, was imminent.

A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated has been sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp after being convicted of harming his followers' health and financial affairs.

Russia jails ’Jesus of Siberia’ sect leader for 12 years for harming followers. World. Published 06/30/2025, 01:46 PM. Updated 06/30/2025, 01:54 PM.