Haunting moment cops raid mass live BURIAL rescuing cult followers who'd been wrapped like mummies & entombed in graves
Police in Russia raided a bizarre
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Police in Russia raided a bizarre shamanic ritual in which two women were 'buried alive'
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Reports said participants were wrapped in rags and buried alive as part of a supposed rebirth
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The self-styled shaman named Timur
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The pair with heads wrapped like mummies had to be dug out of the graves in a forest in Leningrad region.
Both were alive after their ordeals.
One had difficulty standing up when she was dug out.
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The self-styled shaman named Timur and his female assistant Yekaterina Koroleva were both detained on suspicion of running a
First, the shaman was ordered to dig out the two women from their 20-inch deep graves.
Koroleva - organiser of
'The essence of the ritual is essentially a kind of reset,' she said.
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'It's a psychological
'If someone has gone through certain life events, or wants to be completely reborn, to fully change their life — they opt for this extreme form of burial.'
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Reports said participants were wrapped in rags and
Law enforcement were deciding how to proceed against the detained pair.
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They could face up to seven years in jail, reported Novye Izvestia news outlet.
A shaman is a person believed to have access to, and influence in, the world of spirits, typically through rituals, visions, and healing practices.
This comes as a Russian rape cult leader who called himself an alien named Great Shaman was arrested in Argentina.
Konstantin Rudnev, 57, was handcuffed and dragged away by cops at
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Video shows the twisted guru — who once claimed to be a god from the star Sirius — being busted in a dramatic operation that saw 14 suspects snared at two
Rudnev — already convicted of rape and running a violent sex cult in
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The group were caught huddled around a fire
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The shaman was ordered to dig out the two women from their 20-inch deep graves.
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The pair could face up to seven years in jail
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He was reportedly treated for his injuries and was pictured with a bandage around his neck.
He now faces fresh charges of
The bizarre cult, Ashram Shambala, founded in 1989 in Novosibirsk, brainwashed followers — mostly women — into surrendering their property.
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They would reportedly cut ties with loved ones and take part in so-called "ritual orgies" in exchange for "salvation."
Women were allegedly coerced into sex with Rudnev — while male followers were ordered to remain celibate.
The cult even flogged recordings of the encounters to fund operations and promised spiritual enlightenment via 'women's practices' and Eastern esotericism.
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Thirteen more worshippers were gathered around a fire
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Yekaterina Koroleva was also detained on suspicion of running the sinister cult
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The women were wrapped like mummies and lowered into the soil
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