The court sentenced the leader of the cell of the Chinese sect "Falun Gong" to four years in a penal colony.

The Tushinsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced the leader of a cell of the Chinese Falun Gong sect, a member of the Falun Dafa Center for Spiritual and Physical Development (both organizations are banned in the Russian Federation and recognized as extremist). Natalia Minenkova was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. This was reported on July 23 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the courtroom.

Minenkova was charged under several articles. She is accused of organizing the work of a foreign or international non-governmental organization (NGO) deemed undesirable in Russia. She was also accused of selling products from undesirable organizations and organizing the study of banned extremist literature.

In addition, the court banned Minenkova from engaging in public and political activities for seven years. It is noted that the verdict has not yet entered into legal force.

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