Conviction New religious movements Guru-led movement or ashram Novosibirsk, Russia · 2013

Konstantin Rudnev: 11-year sentence for crimes committed through the Ashram Shambala group

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

founder and group leader, self-described guru

Organization

Ashram Shambala

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The cited record identifies guru authority, group isolation, and psychological control as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is founder and group leader and self-described guru.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2013-02-07 · criminal judgment

Novosibirsk District Court. Convicted of organizing an association infringing citizens’ rights, rape, violent sexual acts, and large-scale drug possession; sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime penal colony.

Documented coercion mechanisms

guru authority
group isolation
psychological control

Cited record

Sources

official government reporting judgment report Rossiyskaya Gazeta, ‘В Новосибирске лидера “Ашрам Шамбалы” приговорили к 11 годам’ (Feb. 7, 2013).: The Russian government’s newspaper records the Novosibirsk District Court’s convictions, the 11-year sentence, the offenses of conviction, and the compensation ordered for victims.

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Source and tier basis: https://rg.ru/2013/02/07/reg-sibfo/ashram-anons.html Corpus classification: official-government-reporting; evidentiary role: judgment-report.
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