Four children , one 18 months old , are among cult members holed up in cave . The cult leader is in police custody awaiting proceedings on charges that he set up an organization `` whose activity is associated with violence on citizens and instigation to refuse to perform their civil duties , '' according to the state-funded Itar-Tass news agency . Cult wants to face charges he set up a violent organization , news agency says . News agency : cult members have threatened to commit suicide if police use force . The ` ` true Russian Orthodox Church '' s end of the cult is coming in October .
Four children , one 18 months old , are among cult members holed up in cave . Cult wants to face charges he set up a violent organization , news agency says . News agency : cult members have threatened to commit suicide if police use force . The ` ` true Russian Orthodox Church '' s end of the cult is coming in October .