Recent 2010 News Items
Last updated August 30, 2010
Orthodox identity of Kremlin reinforced
August 30, 2010
Religious leaders view new law regulating police
August 26, 2010
Arson of Baptist church
August 19, 2010
Evangelicals turn anti-extremism on Orthodox
August 23, 2010
Pentecostals of Khakasiia complain about persecution
August 13, 2010
Arson of Baptist church not based on antiprotestant motives
August 20, 2010
Jehovah's Witness mother forced to accept son's blood transfusion
August 20, 2010
Nursi follower senenced
August 18, 2010
Orthodoxy protected by judicial prosecution
August 17, 2010
Patriarch prays for rain
August 16, 2010
Russian Orthodox church aids fire victims
August 15, 2010
Attempt to impose Orthodox values on employees draws reaction
August 13, 2010
Associates of Kiev evangelical pastor indicted
August 12, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses charged
August 12, 2010
Drastic measures against Russian heatwave
August 12, 2010
Jehovah's Witness arrested as organizer of extremist group
August 11, 2010
Protestant leaders issue call for nationwide prayer
August 11, 2010
Court deprives Pentecostal mother of parental rights
August 9, 2010
Former employee of church suspected in bombing
August 9, 2010
Orthodox Muscovites acknowledge that current disasters are result of sin
August 6, 2010
Baptists punished for conducting Sunday school
July 23, 2010
Another Jehovah's Witnesses case to human rights court
August 6, 2010
Rock musicians promote Orthodoxy
August 4, 2010
Internal Affairs officers beat up civil rights lawyer
August 4, 2010
Kiev evangelical minister faces court trial
August 4, 2010
Ukrainian church bombed on day of patriarch's departure
August 3, 2010
Jehovah's Witness fined for literature distribution
July 30, 2010
Harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
July 27, 2010
Pentecostal drug rehabilitation services targeted by narco-trade
July 13, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses' activity unhindered in central Russia
July 12, 2010
Jehovah's Witness mother rejects blood transfusion
July 12, 2010
Siberian Pentecostals face soviet-like restriction
July 8, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses released after 56 days in jail
July 9, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses expect registration of large Moscow congregation
July 7, 2010
Orthodox clergy get bureaucrats to restrict Pentecostals
July 6, 2010
Institute of Freedom of Conscience warns of prejudice in teacher training
July 2, 2010
Provincial inspection reveals violations in religious organizations
July 2, 2010
Anti-JW campaign causes violence against believers
June 24, 2010
Antisemitic events in 2009 in Russia
June 11, 2010
Lenin did not approve murder of last tsar
June 15, 2010
Orthodox and Jehovah's Witnesses alike declared extremist
June 18, 2010
Moscow Jehovah's Witnesses defended by European court
June 10, 2010
Ecumenical Patriarch urges unification of Ukrainian churches
June 9, 2010
Muslim "Nursis" hounded as extremists
June 8, 2010
Arson against Jehovah's Witnesses' building
June 8, 2010
Russia objects to European rights court decision
June 2, 2010
Protectress of Romanov women to be venerated in "tsar's village"
June 7, 2010
Internal affairs memo against Jehovah's Witnesses
June 4, 2010
Extremism case being prepared against Siberian Jehovah's Witnesses
June 4, 2010
Soviet dissident poet to have church funeral
June 3, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses announce appeal to European court
June 1, 2010
Russian Muslims call for Islamic memorial day
June 2, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses get support from presidential administration
June 2, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses seek another European ruling in their favor
June 2, 2010
Russia prepares to celebrate coming of Christianity and Islam
June 1, 2010
Jehovah's Witness released in Belarus
May 31, 2010
Orthodox study concludes Jehovah's Witnesses not a Christian religion
May 31, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses target of police misconduct
May 31, 2010
Ukrainian government signs agreement with Moscow patriarchal church
May 21, 2010
Protestants sentenced in Uzbekistan
May 26, 2010
"Extremism" gambit used against Pentecostals
May 28, 2010
Government officials demonstrate favor toward Orthodoxy
May 27, 2010
Dispute over "spiritual security" in Belgorod province
May 26, 2010
Russian president receives Constantinople patriarch
May 25, 2010
Russian Baptist preacher murdered
May 25, 2010
Constantinople patriarch on ten-day visit to Russia
May 23, 2010
Orthodox diocese takes preventive action against child evangelism
May 19, 2010
New trial prepared for Jehovah's Witnesses
May 14, 2010
Harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
May 12, 2010
Varieties of Russian Islam
May 7, 2010
New administrative procedures in Orthodox parishes provoke tension
May 7, 2010
Terrorist act foiled in Ingushetiia?
May 6, 2010
Reason for bombing of Muslim shop uncertain
May 6, 2010
Baptists win case for use of home for religious meetings
May 5, 2010
Patriarch consecrates new church in Belgorod
May 4, 2010
Orthodox church commemorates victims of Stalinism
May 1, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses forbidden to hand out magazines
April 30, 2010
Mormons win court case against officials trying to limit evangelism
April 30, 2010
Use of "extremism" label to restrict religious activity in Russia
April 30, 2010
European human rights court strikes down probationary requirement of Russian law
April 29, 2010
Antisemitic publication banned by Siberian court
April 29, 2010
Provincial official calls for restriction of nontraditional religions
April 28, 2010
Religious leaders view conflicts in Caucasus
April 27, 2010
New bureaucratic appintment may signal increase in church influence
April 27, 2010
Summary of harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses in March
April 27, 2010
Orthodox leaders unhappy with execution of teaching religion in schools
April 23, 2010
Personnel changes suggest changes in church-state relations
April 23, 2010
Police harass Jehovah's Witnesses in Siberia
April 23, 2010
History of Scientology as extremism case
April 22, 2010
Ukrainian evangelicals resist politicians' attempts to use them
April 21, 2010
Scientology also "extremist"
April 21, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses harassed in workplace
April 20, 2010
Varieties of evangelicals in Ukraine
April 16, 2010
Orthodox Women's Day in Russia
April 19, 2010
Close relations of church and state
April 19, 2010
Arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses at opposite ends of Russia
April 16, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses driven out of meeting place
April 15, 2010
Court rules in Jehovah's Witness' favor
April 15, 2010
Killing fields of Smolensk
April 15, 2010
Experiment in teaching religion not going according to plan
April 15, 2010
Roundtable on "sects" in Russia
April 14, 2010
Court rules Jehovah's Witnesses' literature not extremist
April 12, 2010
Protestants illegally involved in Ukrainian election campaign
April 7, 2010
Attempts to inhibit protestant work with youth
April 13, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses resist extremist label
April 13, 2010
Religious intolerance against Jehovah's Witnesses
April 12, 2010
Riazan Jehovah's Witnesses harassed
April 9, 2010
Unusual approaches to combating Jehovah's Witnesses
April 9, 2010
Cordial relations among Estonian Christians
April 8, 2010
Legal basis for government support of faith-based activity
April 6, 2010
Vital source of Russia Religion News goes off-line
April 7, 2010
Jehovah's Witness' rights violated in Chuvashiia
April 7, 2010
Official beats Baptists in eastern Siberia
April 6, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses promote teaching on blood transfusion
April 6, 2010
Russian leaders attend patriarch's Easter liturgy
April 5, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses mistreated by police in Volgograd
April 5, 2010
Court fine against Jehovah's Witnesses overturned
April 5, 2010
Patriarch seeks church involvement in fighting terrorism
April 1, 2010
Jehovah's Witness mistreated in Altai territory
March 31, 2010
Attack on Pentecostal church unresolved
March 31, 2010
Security police break up Jehovah's Witnesses worship
March 30, 2010
Coordinated campaign against Jehovah's Witnesses continues
March 26, 2010
Tambov Jehovah's Witnesses to be tried
March 24, 2010
Fire in Jehovah's Witnesses' building
March 25, 2010
Anti-Jehovah's Witnesses propaganda in schools
March 22, 2010
Jehovah's Witness cleared in court
March 24, 2010
Survey of religious affiliation gives surprising results
March 24, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses evangelists arrested while visiting deaf folks
March 24, 2010
Government support for faith-based services
March 19, 2010
Renewed vandalism at Pentecostal church
March 19, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses fined for literature
March 15, 2010
Orthodox priest attacks Pentecostals' property
March 18, 2010
Religion in schools viewed by ecumenical gathering
March 17, 2010
Education ministry takes steps to approve religion course
March 17, 2010
Court orders searches of Jehovah's Witnesses' homes
March 17, 2010
Experiment in teaching religion in schools ready to start
March 16, 2010
Lutherans accused of "extremism"
March 12, 2010
Jehovah's Witness detained outside Moscow
March 12, 2010
Text of Jehovah's Witnesses' pamphlet of protest
March 12, 2010
Five times more Muslim congregations than Orthodox in Tatarstan
March 11, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses arrested for protest actions
March 9, 2010
Widespread harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses
February 26, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses organize public protest campaign
February 26, 2010
Russian Scientology case still unresolved
February 25, 2010
Yanukovich prays before taking office
February 25, 2010
Ukrainian politician calls president to reject patriarch's blessing
February 24, 2010
Patriarch on political mission to Ukraine
February 24, 2010
Ukrainian nationalists object to patriarch's visit
February 23, 2010
Ukrainians alarmed at patriarch's role in president's inauguration
February 22, 2010
Moscow patriarchate shows closeness to Ukrainian state
February 20, 2010
Patriarch Kirill advancing Orthodox-Catholic relations
February 18, 2010
Ministry of Justice responds to Orthodox concerns about anti-evangelism law
February 19, 2010
Anti-Catholic Orthodox zealots attack patriarchal diplomat
February 18, 2010
Orthodox church to receive government money for faith-based services
February 17, 2010
Russian church wary of anti-evangelism law
February 16, 2010
Difficulties in training religion teachers
February 12, 2010
Ministry of Justice not backing off anti-evangelism law
February 15, 2010
Setback for anti-evangelism law?
February 10, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses may lose Moscow building
February 3, 2010
Pentecostal activity worries Orthodox
February 3, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses lose another judicial appeal
January 27, 2010
Preparation of textbook for religion in schools
January 25, 2010
Secular rights advocates defend Jehovah's Witnesses
January 20, 2010
Majority of Russians oppose their children studying Orthodoxy
January 20, 2010
Literary censorship expanding in Russia
January 20, 2010
Critic's view of religion in schools
January 18, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses hounded in aftermath of court decisions against them
January 18, 2010
Textbooks for religion in schools hit snag
January 15, 2010
Leaders of Orthodox and Baptist churches seek cooperation
January 12, 2010
Investigation of church arson
January 12, 2010
Museum displeased with return of monastery to church
January 11, 2010
Justice ministry replies to Baptists' concerns regarding evangelism
December 14, 2009
Russian leaders more active in church on Christmas than citizens
January 7, 2010
Heads of Russian government, church exchange Christmas greetings, gifts
January 6, 2010
Religion in schools still a puzzle
December 30, 2009
Orthodox hierarch denounces protestants
December 30, 2009
Jehovah's Witnesses get no satisfaction from Russian president
January 5, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses: Win some, Lose some
January 4, 2010
Jehovah's Witnesses targeted
January 4, 2010
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