A representative of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation proposes to create a register of “sect” leaders

On October 29, 2012, a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, in the past - Aleksey Grishin, an employee of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, stated the need creating a register of leaders of "totalitarian sects".

Recall that during the meeting of Vladimir Putin with representatives the public of the Samara region was proposed to create a database of "sects".

“Creating a unified register of totalitarian sects would be ineffective. It may be more effective to create a register of leaders these organizations, since surnames, in contrast to "signs", often the same ones pop up. Representatives should work with such a register Ministry of Internal Affairs and special services throughout Russia ,” said A. Grishin.

In his opinion, it is necessary to create a unified methodology for combating dangerous religious organizations, using, among other things, the developments of the Russian Orthodox Church.

“The Ministry of Justice can order this technique, if which there is a profile council for religious studies expertise. By the way, you can also raise the question of expanding the powers of this council - so that he had the right after a corresponding request from the state or civil society institutions to check various, including unregistered, organizations, for signs of a totalitarian sect " , - proposed by A. Grishin.

Sources

• The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation proposes that the state develop a methodology for identifying totalitarian sects // Interfax-religion. 2012. October 29.