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Department of Justice contemplates restrictions on religion
November 14, 2005

Church reunification talks in Ukraine collapse
November 18, 2005

Moscow Pentecostals win court case; continue protests
November 16, 2005

Orthodox diocese prevents Jehovah's Witnesses' event
July 8, 2005

New patriarchal pretender in Ukraine
June 29, 2005

Pro-Moscow Ukrainians demonstrate
June 29, 2005

Court rejects appeal in antireligious art case
July 6, 2005

Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Russia restricted
July 5, 2005

Legal steps against antisemites
July 5, 2005

Judges refuse to try arrested Pentecostals
July 5, 2005

Europe to Russia: Improve religious rights
June 22, 2005

Defense of Jewish law book
June 30, 2005

Life of alternative Orthodox bishop reflects bitter fate of past century
July 3, 2005

Dispute between Uniates and Roman Catholics in Russia
July 1, 2005

Pentecostals see persecution throughout Russia
June 29, 2005

Criminal case against Moscow Jewish organization
June 27, 2005

Amendments to religion law contemplated
June 27, 2005

Jehovah's Witnesses threatened by legislators
June 27, 2005

Moscow nationalists oppose protestants
June 24, 2005

Italian model for teaching religion in schools
June 24, 2005

Baku Jehovah's Witnesses congress raided
June 24, 2005

Head of nationalist party assures Jewish leadership
June 24, 2005

Russian Orthodox leaders move toward reunification
June 21, 2005

Moscow prosecutor investigating Jewish leadership
June 23, 2005

Seventh-Day Adventists complain about insult
June 22, 2005

Vatican ambassador overrules head of Russian Catholics
June 22, 2005

Despite intentions, Ukrainian situation came up in Orthodox-Catholic talks
June 22, 2005

High Vatican official in Moscow for talks
June 22, 2005

Religious rights defenders call for action against threats to religious minorities
June 20, 2005

Pentecostals hold undisturbed demonstration
June 20, 2005

Courts protect protestants' rights
June 16, 2005

Orthodox oppose Pentecostals in Ekaterinburg
June 16, 2005

Pentecostal pastor issues statements
June 16, 2005

Debate about religion in schools continues
June 15, 2005

Moscow authorities use Pentecostals to discredit Kremlin
June 15, 2005

Pentecostal leader interviewed
June 13, 2005

Appeals of decisions in antisemitism cases to be filed
June 13, 2005

Pentecostal prayer vigil broken up
June 13, 2005

Dispute over antisemitic publications
June 10, 2005

Russian president receives patriarch in Kremlin
June 10, 2005

Pentecostals subjected to more injustices
June 10, 2005

Pentecostal pastor sentenced to five days in jail
June 9, 2005

Pentecostal minister declares hunger strike
June 8, 2005

Neopentecostalism in Russia criticized
June 6, 2005

Russian presidency informed of Pentecostals' plight
June 6, 2005

Moscow Pentecostals' demands met
June 6, 2005

Jehovah's Witnesses get mixed results in north Russia
June 5, 2005

Local initiative for merging Ukrainian Orthodox churches
June 3, 2005

Dialogue between religion and state seeks cooperation
June 3, 2005

Pentecostal notification of demonstration and official response
June 3, 2005

Moscow government discusses Pentecostal protest
June 3, 2005

Day four of Pentecostal demonstration
June 2, 2005

Pentecostal protest is a warning
June 2, 2005

St. Petersburg supporters of Moscow Pentecostals arrested
June 1, 2005

Jehovah's Witnesses want to build in northern Russia
May 31, 2005

Pentecostal demonstrators arrested
May 30, 2005

Pentecostals repeat Pushkin Square protest
May 29, 2005

Patriarch receives European human rights observer
May 27, 2005

Protestants defend antidrug program in Arkhangelsk
May 26, 2005

Moscow Pentecostal demonstration reflects protestants' difficulties throughout Russia
May 24, 2005

Pentecostals restricted in south Russia
May 25, 2005

Moscow attorney addressed Pentecostal demonstration
May 24, 2005

DNA tests of tsarina's family give negative results
May 24, 2005

Pentecostals may lose building
May 19, 2005

Protestant antidrug project draws negative response
May 23, 2005

Armenians murdered in Russian city
May 23, 2005

KGB follows sectarian acitivity in Belorus
May 23, 2005

Pentecostals protest in Moscow
May 22, 2005

Christian and Muslim rights advocates work together
May 19, 2005

Public amends to fire-bombed Baptist church
May 18, 2005

New persecution of protestants in Russia
May 18, 2005

Ukrainian church protests Moscow's behavior
May 12, 2005

Uzbek protestant converts claim abuse
May 12, 2005

Alexis II conducts international diplomacy
May 11, 2005

Parish reaffirms rejection of state identification numbers
May 11, 2005

Armenian church council meets
May 12, 2005

Violent conflict among Ukrainian Orthodox
May 12, 2005

Success of Pentecostals in Russia highlighted
May 11, 2005

Many antisemitic incidents in Russia
May 11, 2005

Arson suspected in synagogue fire
May 10, 2005

Baptist church in Urals torched
May 4, 2005

Russian rabbi alarmed
May 6, 2005

Orthodox leaders dispute united Ukrainian church
May 4, 2005

Tiny proportion of Russians attend church on Pascha
May 5, 2005

Politicians hold diiverse views on Ukrainian Orthodoxy
March 9, 2005

Romanian Orthodox church invades Russian territory
March 9, 2005

Antisemitic outburst in Volga city
March 9, 2005

Evangelical mission combats HIV/AIDS
March 2, 2005

Self-proclaimed Christ leads absurd sect
March 7, 2005

Liberal party protests persecution of Sakharov Center
March 4, 2005

American evangelistic television opposed in Ukraine
March 7, 2005

Jehovah's Witness pacifist punished
February 24, 2005

Pentecostal crusade banned in provincial city
March 4, 2005

Russian artists on trial
March 7, 2005

US State Department report on religious rights in Russia
February 28, 2005

Fluctuations in religion policy of Russian authorities
January 11, 2005

Patriarch still resists pope's visit
January 11, 2005

Putin marks Orthodox Christmas
January 7, 2005

Holidays in and near Russia
January 6, 2005

Baltic politicians vary in accommodation for Russian Christmas
January 6, 2005

Armenian church wants Jehovah's Witnesses banned
January 5, 2005

Patriarch speaks on current topics
December 30, 2004

Patriarchal spokesman takes on critics of current situation in Russia
December 27, 2004

Protestants active in Voronezh despite impediments
January 3, 2005

Protestants face obstacles in church construction
December 17, 2004

Court of appeal upholds Russian ban on religious parties
December 16, 2004

Opposition leaders criticize government's religious policy
December 13, 2004
 
 

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