The end of the USSR in 1991 was one of the most cataclysmic events in history, with its aftereffects still being felt three ...

Alex Croft looks at how Sergei Torop, also known as Vissarion, ended up in jail after he was accused of harming his followers ...

A religious sect leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ has been sentenced to 12 years in a Russian ...

A self-styled mystic Vissarion and two aides were sentenced to prison for using psychological pressure to extract money and ...

"Jesus of Siberia" Sergei Torop Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison | Firstpost America | N18G A Russian cult leader who claimed ...

Sergei Torop, a Russian sect leader claiming to be Jesus reincarnated, received a 12-year prison sentence for harming followers' health and finances. Known as 'Vissarion,' he founded a religious sect ...

MOSCOW: Sergey Torop, a Russian religious cult leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, was recently convicted to 12 years in prison for causing physical and psychological harm to ...

Vissarion, who has proclaimed himself a new Christ, conducts a service during the “Holiday of Good Fruit” feast in a village southeast of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, August 18, 2010.

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

This image from August 18, 2009 shows Russian sect leader Sergei Torop known as "Vissarion", in the remote village of Petropavlovka, Krasnoyarsk region. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Getty Images Why It Matters ...