Arbitration did not return the land to the Krishnas

The Moscow Arbitration Court rejected the requirements of the Moscow Society of Consciousness of Krishna (Mosk) to the Moscow government to return the land seized by Mosk in October 2005, Kommersant reports.

The plot with an area of ​​1.05 hectares at 39 Leningradskoye Shosse was allocated in January 2004 by order of the capital's mayor in return for the two -story building on Khoroshevsky highway. Here, the Krishnaites planned to build a center of Vedic culture about 70 m high, but the Orthodox community sharply opposed this. In March 2004, the Orthodox held a protest rally, at which they warned that they were ready to "lie under the bulldozers" on the construction site of the future Hindu temple, because "this building would defile Moscow, turning it into sectograd."

After that, the capital’s authorities persistently recommended Krishnas to “link the architectural solution of their temple with the existing and promising buildings of the adjacent territory,” as well as “present options for a cult complex with a decrease in the area”. In the end, the mayor Luzhkov completely abolished the decision to allocate land, referring to the fact that "the Moscow prosecutor's office revealed a violation of the laws of legislation in terms of the conditions for the provision of a land plot of the Musk." On December 28, 2005, the Krishnaites turned to the arbitration, accusing the metropolitan government of preventing the construction of the Center for Vedic Culture in Moscow.

Yesterday, the court refused to satisfy Mosk's claims, the motivation for this decision will be represented by the parties in a few days. “We assume that the decision was made by the court under pressure and does not reflect the actual legal assessment of our lawsuit against the Moscow government,” the Mosk Head, Sergei Andreev, commented on the newspaper by the newspaper. “We see the property interests of a certain circle of persons who are grossly violating our property rights and the constitutional right of believers to freedom of religion.” S. Andreev refused to call the names of enemies, the publication is noted.

“The court decision shows that the Moscow government was received correctly, according to the letter of the law, according to the order of the prosecutor's office,” the Kommersant Committee on Relations with Religious Organizations of the Moscow Government said yesterday. At the same time, the Committee was assured by Kommersant that "now there is a search for another land plot for Krishnas, because everyone understands that it is impossible to throw a religious community nowhere."

“We intend to continue the struggle for our constitutional rights,” S. Andreev promised. “In the entire history of land and property or many-notes, political connotation is clearly traced.” According to Mosk lawyer Andrei Rakhmilovich, the Krishnais will appeal to the court decision. “If you need, we are ready to reach the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights,” Mr. Rakhmilovich said.