It’s not like the communist era, but Russia and its former satellites are restricting religious practice again. During an April court hearing in Kazakhstan, evangelical minister Vissa Kim learned he would pay a stiff price for a common pastoral task: praying for a sick woman. A city court judge in Taraz City fined Kim 10 months worth of minimum wages in the prayer-related case after finding him guilty of Criminal Code Article 111: "causing severe damage to health due to negligence."
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