Former traffic cop Sergei Torop commanded followers to stop using money while extracting funds from them through psychological pressure.

The traffic cop turned cult leader who claimed to be the son of god — and will now spend 12 years in jail - Alex Croft looks ...

A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on Monday after being convicted of harming his followers' health and financial affairs.

Sergei Torop, 64, lost his job as a traffic officer and founded the Church of the Last Testament in 1991 after experiencing a "divine revelation".

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

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

Sergei Torop, known to his followers as Vissarion, is a former police officer who founded a movement known as the Church of the Last Testament nearly three decades ago. Skip to content.

Russian authorities have sentenced a Siberian sect leader to 12 years in a prison camp for harming his followers' health and ...

Sergei Torop, 59, will face charges for organizing an illegal religion and extorting money from his cult’s members, whom he allegedly emotionally abused, the Guardian reported Tuesday.

Russian ex-traffic cop Sergei Torop meets with his followers in the remote village of Petropavlovka on August 18, 2009. For thousands of followers, Vissarion is no less than the second coming of ...

To his believers in this remote corner of Siberia, Sergei Torop, a former traffic policeman, is the literal reincarnation of none other than Jesus Christ.

ABODE OF DAWN, Russia - Six miles from the nearest road, in the vast Siberian wilderness, a bearded man in flowing white linen robes sat at his kitchen table and talked about his crucifixion at ...