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Religious Freedom Resources: Russia
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United States Helsinki Commission:
Hearing: Troubling Trends: Human Rights in Russia.
(06/05/01)
Briefing: Human Rights in Russia.
(09/23/00)
Hearing: The Status of Religious Liberty in Russia Today.
(02/17/00) [pdf file]
Status of Russian Religious Law.
(02/12/98) [pdf file]
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Keston News Service:
Chief Architect Blocks Protestants from Using Own Church.
(05/14/01)
Mosque Demolition Case to Supreme Court?
(05/11/01)
Successor Organ to Council for Religious Affairs Imminent?.
(05/10/01)
What Will Putin's Religious Policy BE? .
(05/10/01)
Orthodox Veto on Kolomna Moisque Construction?
(05/04/01)
Karelian Authorities Alarmed by Growth of Islam.
(05/01/01)
Kabardino-Balkaria Rejects Jehovah's Witness Registration.
(05/01/01)
Pentecostal Freed, but Awaits New Trial.
(04/27/01)
Christian Conscientious Objectior Imprisoned.
(04/19/01)
SPECIAL REPORT: Religious Freedom under Putin One Year On.
(04/18/01)
Pentecostal Church Liquidated in Far East.
(04/17/01)
Regional and Village Decrees Half Pentecostal Mission.
(04/17/01)
Russian Orthodox Church Abroad's Uphill Struggle for Registration.
(04/17/01)
Russian Orthodox Church Abroad's Struttle for Church Property.
(04/17/01)
Moscow Pentecostals Evicted from Theatre.
(04/12/01)
Re-registration: Muslims Orgs Officially Liquidated; Jehovah's Witnesses Appeal.
(04/11/01)
Taganrog Muslims Ordered to Demolish Mosque.
(04/10/01)
What is the Orthodox Church's Position on Religious Freedom?
(04/05/01)
Re-registration Figures for Religious Organisations.
(04/02/01)
Further Foot-Dragging in Krasnodar Book Confiscation.
(03/30/01)
Krasnodar Protestants Propose InterConfessional Union.
(03/30/01)
Radical Overhaul of Presidential Religious Committee.
(03/23/01)
Putin's Decree Extends Powers of Presidential Religious Committee.
(03/23/01)
Religious-Political Parties to be Banned.
(03/20/01)
Duma Investigates Measures to 'Prevent the Spread of Caatholicism.'
(03/19/01)
Attempts to Toughen1997 Law on Religion0.
(03/15/01)
Lawyers Challenge Threatened Expulsion of Ghanaian Pastor.
(03/06/01)
Senior Catholic Priest Refused Visa forthird time.
(03/05/01)
Salvation Army Receives Status of 'Centerised Religious Organization.'
(02/26/01)
Will Independent Baptist Church be Liquidated?
(02/21/01)
Jehovah's Witnesses: Prosecutor Calls for Countrywide Ban.
(02/16/01)
Orthodox-Catholic Relations Take Turn for Worse?
(02/05/01)
Greek Catholics - The Last Underground Church?
(01/29/01)
In Moscow, some Armenian Christians are More Equal than Others.
(01/29/01)
Muslims First For Mandatory Liquidation.
(01/24/01)
FACTFILE: Varied Picture After Reregistration Deadline.
(01/12/01)
End in Sight for 18-Month Evangelical Book Confiscation.
(01/11/01)
Orthodox Vow to Continue Anti-Pentecostal Picket.
(01/09/01)
Last Minute Re-Registration for Kostroma Pentecostals.
(01/03/01)
Shut-Down Begins of Salvation Army Programmes.
(12/22/00)
A Christian Newspaper Robbed.
(01/21/00)
FACTFILE: Varied Picture Ahead of Re-Registration Deadline.
(12/20/00)
Pressure on Penza Pentecostals Intensifies.
(12/15/00)
Belgorod Region Plans to Restrict Missionaries.
(02/11/00)
Precarious Future for Half-finished Taganrog Mosque.
(12/08/00)
Further Foot-Dragging over Pentecostal Building Application?
(12/04/00)
Moscow Salvation Army Risks Closure.
(11/30/00)
FSB-Inspired Smears on Pentecostals in Kostroma Media.
(11/24/00)
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Handbook on Religious Freedom:
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Human Rights Without Fontiers:
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Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR):
- Krylova, Galina A. 2000.
- The problems of Religious Freedom in the Decisions of the Russian Constitutional Court.
Paper presented at CESNUR 2000 conference, Riga, Latvia, August 29-31, 2000
- Krylova, Galina A. 1999.
- The Jehovah's Witnesses Case in Moscow
Paper presented CESNUR 1999, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania.
- Krylova, Galina A. n.d.
- "Anti-Cultists vs. CARP: An Important Russian Legal Saga"
- Krylov, Konstantin. 1999.
- "St. Petersburg Authorities are Rebuffed in Their Attempts to Liquidate Student Organization Founded by Rev. Sun Myung Moon" - A Statement"
- Shterin, Marat S. 1997.
- New Religions, Cults and Sects in Russia: A Critique and Brief Account of the Problems.
Learn about the CESNUR or check for the latest updates from the CESNUR.
Reports & Papers:
Krylova, Galina A., "The Unconstitutionality of Russia's New Law on Religious Freedom and Its Applications."
Testimony Before the Department of State's Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad. (April 17-19, 1998). Ms Krylova is a human rights attorney practicing in Russia.
Law and Liberty Trust. "Religious Freedom in Russia Under Grave Threat." (July 1, 1997)
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