Russian Government Places Falun Gong Book on List of 'Extremist Publications'

By AMIR TALAI
Epoch Times Staff

The Russian Government placed “Zhuan Falun,” the main text of the Falun Gong meditation practice, on a list of extremist publications, making the widescale distribution of the book in Russia illegal and punishable by a fine.

The Russian Ministry of Justice published its revised list of extremist books on its Web site on Dec. 23.

In August of 2008, in Pervomaisky Court in Krasnodar, Russia ruled that Zhuan Falun and a list of other publications, which shed light on the persecution and genocide of Falun Gong, were extremist books. This set the stage for the most recent Russian Ministry of Justice ruling.

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