MOSCOW, Russia: 59-year-old Sergei Torop, who is known to his followers as Vissarion, was arrested and faced charges of organizing an illegal religion and extorting money, and allegedly abusing his cults members.

According to the Moscow Times, Russias Investigative Committee accused Torop of using followers money and psychological violence to inflict harm.

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Torop certainly looks the part: he has a beard, long hair, and when he wears a white robe, looks uncannily like Jesus. A former traffic officer, after losing his job in 1989, Torop said he experienced an awakening. He started a movement called the Church of the Last Testament. The church blends Christianity with environmental beliefs; forcing veganism on members. Members are asked to follow other rules; with monetary exchange being banned inside of the commune.

Speaking to the Guardian back in 2002, Torop said: I am not God. And it is a mistake to see Jesus as God. But I am the living word of God the father. Everything that God wants to say, he says through me.

Russias federal security forces launched a special operation. Helicopters and armed forces were used to infiltrate the cult in Siberia and arrested Torrop and two of his aidesincluding his alleged right-hand man: Vadim Redkin and another associate named Vladimir Vedernikov.

The cult is located in the remote southern Siberian wilderness and has about 20 settlements among its 4,000 followersknown as Vissarionites. The Russian Orthodox Church has condemned the cult in the past but largely left it alone.

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