Dennis Christensen, a Jehovah's Witness accused of extremism, leaves after a court session in handcuffs in the town of Oryol, Russia on January 14, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
MOSCOW, February 6 (Reuters): A Russian court on Wednesday found a Jehovah's Witness guilty of extremism and jailed him for six years, a spokesman for the Christian denomination said.
The United States and the European Union see the case of Dennis Christensen, a Danish national, as a litmus test for religious freedom and the latest twist in a worsening East-West standoff.
Christiansen, the first Jehovah's Witness to be detained for extremism in Russia, had pleaded not guilty.
"Yes. It's true unfortunately," Yaroslav Sivulsky, a Jehovah's Witness spokesman, told Reuters when asked if Christiansen had been found guilty and jailed for six years.
