From Simon Bar Kokhba to Sabbatai Zevi, false messiahs have appeared in times of crisis, offering counterfeit hope.

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

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

A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on Monday after ...

Alex Croft looks at how Sergei Torop, also known as Vissarion, ended up in jail after he was accused of harming his followers ...

Sergei Torop, 64, lost his job as a traffic cop before founding the Church of the Last Testament in 1991 and claiming to be ...

A religious sect leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ has been sentenced to 12 years in a Russian ...

A man who convinced thousands of followers that he was the reincarnation Christ has been imprisoned in Russia. Sergei Torop, a former traffic cop, founded the "Church of the Last Testament" in 1991 ...

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

A self-styled mystic Vissarion and two aides were sentenced to prison for using psychological pressure to extract money and ...