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Jehovah’s Witnesses, Fleeing Russia Crackdown, Seek Shelter in Finland

Members of the Kikot family, Jehovah’s Witnesses who fled Russia, in Turku, Finland, July 13, 2018. Russia's Supreme Court declared Jehovah’s Witness an “extremist” organization and effectively outlawed it in April last year. The Kikot family lives in a single room in Turku, sharing a kitchen with asylum seekers from Syria. (Janne Korkko/The New York Times)