Jehovah's Witnesses appealed to the court against the order of the Ministry of Justice to suspend the activities of their organizations

The Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia appealed to the court against the order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to suspend the activities of all 396 registered organizations of this religion in Russia. The order was issued by the Ministry of Justice simultaneously with the filing of a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to ban all these organizations.

Although this suspension order applies to all 396 organizations, the Ministry of Justice sent it to only one of them, the "Administrative Center", and even then, judging by the stamp on the envelope, only 5 days after it was signed.

Believers hope that the court will invalidate this order.