According to ZNAK.COM , it was stated BEHEMOTH VISA issues were a pretext for religous issues: "Band concerts in Tomsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk thwarted either because of the position of the local authorities, or because of the opposition of strong young men, acting on the side of the so-called "Orthodox activists."
BEHEMOTH's 5/21/2014 show at TELECLUB Yekaterinburg, Russian was cancelled as the rest of the bands Russian tour .
FROM BEHEMOTH:
The Guardian. The text will shed some light on what happened to us recently. Personal comment on this situation will follow as soon as we land safely in Poland. Hopefully tomorrow. Below you can view some pics taken band members.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/22/behemoth-ordered-leave-russia-metal
http://www.znak.com/svrdl/news/2014-05-22/1022951.html
http://veved.ru/press/48184-posramlenie-dyavola-v-ekaterinburge-koncert-gruppy-behemoth-otmenen.html
http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,8771,title,Nergala-wyrzucili-z-Rosji,wid,16622813,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=112c55
FROM DEFECT DESIGNER:
BEHEMOTH! are treated really bad in Russia... Support you, guys, good luck... Feel real shame for this...
BEHEMOTH unleashed "The Satanist", 2/3/2014 (EUROPE and UK) and 2/4/2014 (NORTH AMERICA) and 2/7/2014 in other districts via METAL BLADE RECORDS..
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-