Sergei Torop, a former traffic policeman known to his followers as 'Vissarion', set up the Church of the Last Testament in a ...

Former traffic cop Sergei Torop commanded followers to stop using money while extracting funds from them through ...

After losing his job as a traffic officer in 1990, Sergei Torop, 64, claimed to have been reborn as Vissarion and went on to ...

A court in Novosibirsk on Monday sentenced a Siberian cult leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ to 12 years in prison ... He attracted thousands of followers to remote ...

Sergei Torop created his sect in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia following the break-up of the USSR. ... Man Claiming To Be Jesus Christ Is Sent To Russian Prison Camp. Published Jul 02, 2025 at 10:15 AM EDT ...

Siberian cult leader Sergei Torop, who claimed to be Jesus reincarnated, ... Torop, 64, set up the Church of the Last Testament in a remote part of Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region in 1991, ...

Investigative Committee stated that Sergei Torop and his aides caused serious mental and physical harm to followers, ...

A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated has been sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp after ...

By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -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 ...

(Reuters) -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 ...