Five members of the Jehovah's Witness religious group have been detained in Russia on weapons and extremism charges, investigators say.
Investigators say a "large quantity of extremist literature" was found during their searches, as well as two hand grenades and a landmine.
"They had been conducting meetings and called on others to join their organisation," Yevgenia Vorozhtsova, a spokeswoman for regional investigators told AFP news agency.
Yaroslav Sivulskiy, a member of the European Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses, told the news agency that this is the first time members of the group had been accused of having weapons.
Dozens have been reportedly detained in recent months, and Finland has said hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses have applied for asylum there since the crackdown intensified.
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