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Russia's Supreme Court issues a ruling banning Jehovah's Witnesses and seizing their property after the justice ministry called on it to dissolve the Christian group as an "extremist organisation".

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obstruct override preclude refuse reject restrain rule out segregate stop suspend unfasten open support clear add free approve continue help encourage advance advocate loosen ratify choose grant assist aid barred boycotted circumvented condemned debarred denied disallowed discountenanced discouraged enjoined excepted forbade froze out frustrated hindered interdicted interfered kept out limited obstructed overrode precluded prevented refused rejected restrained ruled out segregated stopped suspended unfastened opened supported cleared added freed approved went continued let went helped encouraged advanced advocated loosened ratified chose released sanctioned granted assisted aided bricked up b.a.n Ban BAN bystander eyewitness observer spectator testimony attestant attestor beholder deponent gawker looker-on onlooker proof rubbernecker signatory signer testifier viewer watcher corroborator participant notice attend watch mark note see spy read spot perceive pipe sight behold view take in eyeball be a witness be on hand be on the scene be present flash on get a load of look on pick up on overlook neglect refute deny participate ignore announce indicate attest certify affirm depose confirm countersign betoken sign corroborate argue endorse bespeak depone subscribe bear out bear witness stand for vouch for give evidence give testimony say under oath oppose veto repudiate reject invalidate contradict hide conceal attendance assemblage assembly audience box office company congregation crowd draw gate gathering gross house observers onlookers patrons public spectators turnout witnesses admirers devotees fans following gallery hearers listeners market moviegoers playgoers showgoers theatergoers viewers audiences assemblages assemblies congregations crowds followings galleries gatherings houses markets publics turnouts Christian bricked up Christians fanatic radical zealot agitator revolutionary revolutionist die-hard ultra ultraist moderate conservative lunatic fringe aficionados energumen extremists fanatical group fanaticos fanatics nuts nympholepts zealots exhortation prayer preaching pastoral care spiritual leadership clergy priesthood prelacy clergymen clerics vicarage clericals the cloth the pulpit department bureau administrative agency executive branch abbey cloister convent friary ministry monastery nunnery priory temple administration president admiral advisers board cabinet chair chairperson chargé d'affaires command commander committee consulate directors embassy executive executives feds front office general governing body headquarters legislature management officers officials powers presidency presidium stewards supervisors top brass upstairs aid advancement advice advocacy alleviation allowance assist assistance attention backing backup benefaction benefit benevolence bounty care charity comfort compensation cooperation deliverance encouragement endowment favor furtherance gift giving guidance hand handout leg up lift ministration patronage promotion reinforcement relief rescue reward salvation service shot in the arm subsidy sustenance treatment unkindness malevolence stop taking opposition handicap obstruction impediment blockage ill will silence disfavor harm stoppage hindrance injury hurt damage penalty loss bureaucracy authority beadledom city hall civil service directorate government officialdom powers that be red tape regulatory commission the Establishment the system administrators assembly assistants brain trust council counselors department heads kitchen cabinet official family channel agency agent approach avenue course instrument instrumentality instrumentation medium organ route vehicle way end Ministry bricked up