EST. PETERSBURG, eRussia—Ngo-August 7, 2013, iNkantolo Yesifunda SaseTsentralniy eTver, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-160 enyakatho yeMoscow, yanquma ukuthi ingosi yokufunda ngeBhayibheli i-jw.org kufanele ivalwe kulo lonke elaseRussia.

Nakuba i-jw.org isetshenziswa amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu emhlabeni futhi abacwaningi beyincoma kangaka, inkantolo yachema neziphathimandla ekutheni ayivalwe. Yakhipha isinqumo ngaphandle kokuba abanikazi bale ngosi, i-Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, baziswe noma bazikhulumele. OFakazi BakaJehova badlulisele icala eNkantolo Yesifundazwe YaseTver. Leli cala lizoqulwa ngo-January 22, 2014.

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