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Kremlin takes action to resolve dispute over building a church

DEPUTY HEAD OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION FOR HARMONIZING RELATIONS SENT TO EKATERINBURG

Credo.Press, 20 May 2019

 

The deputy head of the presidential administration of the RF, Magomedsalam Magomedov, will arrive in Ekaterinburg on 22 May. As Znak.com reports, he will conduct a conference on the topic: "On the practice and tasks of executive bodies of state power for implementation of a strategy of state national policy."

 

It is assumed that the conference will discuss the problem of protests in defense of a park, where it is intended to build an RPTsMP church consecrated to St. Catherine. In the presidential administration, Magomedov deals with inter-ethnic relations and harmonizing of social relations.

 

The agenda for the event has not been officially announced.

 

On 20 May, the administration of Ekaterinburg began accepting applications for alternative sites for locating the church of St. Catherine. The applications will be collected for ten days and then a preferential vote will be held. (tr. by PDS, posted 20 May 2019)


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