Russian cult members leave cave
Russian authorities bring in the group’s “prophet” to persuade members to give up.
Heaven or hell
The group told authorities that they would detonate gas canisters if police tried to remove them by force.
Part of the cave collapse on Friday after it started to fill with melted ice and authorities fear it could become more dangerous.
In good health
Officials said they had plentiful reserves of food and water and were able to cook inside the cave.
Priests from the Orthodox Church have repeatedly attempted to persuade the group to leave, communicating mainly through a small chimney pipe that poked up through the snowy hillside.
Earlier this week, Melnichenko said that some of the cultists had indicated they might leave the cave on Orthodox Easter, which is April 27.