Media Mayhem with Allison Hope Weiner
Episode 242
Moscow’s Criminal Investigation Into The Church of Scientology
The Church of Scientology has faced stern opposition from the Russian government, in relation to the organization being perceived as a money making cult, with Moscow courts taking a harsh position against David Miscavige’s group. How religious laws in Russia, and the unsympathetic court system are organizing to isolate, and ultimately, extinguish Scientology is explored with Scientology investigative journalist Jonny Jacobsen in the first part of our uncensored Media Mayhem discussion of Scientology in Europe, hosted by Allison Hope Weiner.
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcoming Jonny Jacobsen to Media Mayhem.
01:56 Scientology’s influence in Russia and Russia’s religious laws.
07:08 Why Russia’s denial of court time for Scientologists is dangerous.
07:58 Scientology commercial operations, listening chambers and CIA rumors.
10:57 Russia’s response to Scientology texts.
12:25 Thank you and goodbye.
Guest Bio
Jonny Jacobsen is the author of the Infinite Complacency website tracking violence and abuse in Scientology and also contributes to Tony Ortega’s Underground Bunker on the same subject.. He trained as a journalist in the late 1980s with the Birmingham Post and Mail group and spent several years freelancing in Scotland before moving to Paris in 1994, where he is still based. His first investigati
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