In Russia, such a committee was liquidated in the early 90s, but in Ukraine it has survived to this day. Now the situation is changing. “The authorities will work openly with every confession,” Viktor Yushchenko said yesterday. Well, that's right. The presence of the committee did not prevent the Ukrainian Orthodox from quarreling to such an extent that as many as three Orthodox churches appeared there, which to this day share the flock and property. By the way, who knows, what if the presence of a committee not only did not interfere, but even contributed to discord?..