The former religious figure of Sipko is included in the list of terrorists and extremists

Former religious figure Yuri Sipko was included in the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists. This was reported on the agency's website on May 28.

"Yuri Kirillovich Sipko, born on 02/28/1952, in the city of Tara, Omsk region," the list says.

Sipko was the head of the Russian Union of Evangelical Baptist Christians, and is also an honorary doctor of St. Petersburg Christian University.

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In August 2023, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case against Sipko for spreading fakes about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was noted that he publicly posted a video with deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian army.