A devil-worshipping cult encouraged its...

Investigators say that the Saransk-based Nobilis Ordo Diaboli group recruited young people from across the region between 2003 and 2009. The cult"s founding members, 24-year-old Belarus national Alexander Kazakov and 23-year-old local Denis Danishin, face a number of charges, ranging from the sexual abuse of minors to battery.

Prosecutors say potential members, many of whom were recruited via the internet and were of "good families", were forced to take part in alcohol-fuelled orgies during which they pledged their souls to Kazakov. Investigators also suspect the group was preparing to carry out human sacrifices.

The cult"s attempts to infiltrate the police are believed to have ended in failure, with at least one member rejected due to his "strange tendencies." An article on the newsru.com website regretted that the Russian police force, whose officers have been charged with crimes ranging from burning suspects alive to beheading in the last 18 months or so, were not

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