Followers of “Vissarion the Teacher”, or “Jesus of Siberia”, Russian ex-traffic cop Sergei Torop sit on a bench in the remote village of Petropavlovka on August 17, 2009. For thousands of followers, Vissarion is no less than the second coming of Jesus of Nazareth, reincarnated 2,000 years after his crucifixion, deep in the Siberian wilderness. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)
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