Two officials who oversaw relations with religious organizations left the government and the presidential administration

In early March, Andrey Sebentsov, executive secretary of the government commission for religious associations, was fired from the government of the Russian Federation. In April, it became known about Alexander Kudryavtsev's resignation from the post of referent of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation for domestic policy. Both officials oversaw ties with religious organizations for many years.

The official reason for dismissal is reaching retirement age.

"Deputy Director General of the Center for Political Technologies Alexei Makarkin believes that the resignations of Kudryavtsev and Sebentsov may be associated with the activity of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. Both officials were supporters of the model, which assumes that the state treats all spiritual communities equally, without giving preference to any of The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, apparently, is not very happy with this approach. It is clearly aimed at ensuring the dominance of the Orthodox Church in Russia, " Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports the words of the expert .

Sources

• Bilevskaya E. ROC will also be engaged in modernization // Independent newspaper. 2010. April 23.