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Dec 2, 2003

Komi energy workers ask to introduce a special tariff for facilities owned by religious organizations

The management of OAO AEK "Komienergo" applied to the Regional Energy Commission of the Republic of Komi with a request to introduce a special tariff for facilities owned by religious organizations.

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Dec 2, 2003

Yekaterinburg priests have released a manual to help voters

Priests of the St. Nicholas parish of Yekaterinburg issued special manuals "Edification about the seventh of December" for those voting in the upcoming elections of the mayor of the city and deputies of the State Duma. The manuals contain the texts of prayers that must be read before voting in order to make the right choice.

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Dec 2, 2003

The Bishop of Perm and Solikamsk called on the Orthodox to support the unification of the Perm region and the Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug

Bishop Irinarkh (Gresin) of Perm and Solikamsk called on Orthodox believers to take part in the forthcoming referendum on December 7 and support the process of unification of the Perm Region and the Komi-Permyatsk Autonomous Okrug into a single Perm Territory.

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Dec 2, 2003

The program of the television company "Author's Television" "Vremechko" presented the Church of the "Kingdom of God" as a dangerous sect

On December 1, 2003, on the air of one of the projects of the TV company "Author's Television", the program "Vremechko", a story about the Church of God", referring to the Russian United Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals).

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Dec 2, 2003

The interfaith conference in Omsk demonstrated the authorities' favor towards the Russian Orthodox Church

At the end of November, the XXVII Interconfessional Conference "Let the Light of Faith and the Light of Knowledge Complement Each Other" opened in Omsk.

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Dec 2, 2003

In Pskov, the walls of a church were covered with inscriptions discrediting one of the candidates for State Duma deputies.

In Pskov, on the night of October 30 to December 1, the walls of the Church of Michael the Archangel from Gorodets were covered with inscriptions defaming one of the candidates for deputies of the State Duma in the Pskov single-mandate constituency No. 141. At the same time, several other buildings in various districts of the Pskov region were attacked by vandals.

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Dec 2, 2003

A cooperation agreement was signed between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Central Union of Consumer Societies of the Russian Federation

On December 2, in Moscow, in the Patriarchal working residence in Chisty Lane, the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Central Union of Consumer Societies of the Russian Federation took place. The agreement was signed by Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II and Chairman of the Council of the Central Union of the Russian Federation, President of the Association of Cooperative Organizations of Russia VF Yermakov.

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Dec 2, 2003

Communists in Yekaterinburg are outraged by the Church’s interference in politics

The Communists of Yekaterinburg are outraged by the intervention of the Russian Orthodox Church in politics. Vladimir Starichenko, secretary of the Sverdlovsk regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, told the Politsovet news agency: “It is unthinkable that priests interfere in politics ...

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Dec 2, 2003

The authorities of the Penza region did not allow believers to hold Iftar

Abdurrauf Zabirov, a member of the Council of the Unified Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Penza Region, sent a statement to the administration of the Penza Region, in which he expressed indignation at the actions of the authorities that prevented iftar (a collective meal in honor of the end of the day's fast) from being held in one of the villages of the region. The mosque where the believers were going was closed.

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Dec 2, 2003

Are the “oligarchs” headed by Chubais preparing a coup?

Stanislav Belkovsky, General Director of the National Strategy Council, author of the article "Putin's Loneliness", published in the newspaper "Zavtra" on May 6, 2003 and co-author (with Iosif Diskin) of the Council's June report "State and Oligarchy", which many considered the theoretical justification for the war with Yukos, came up with a new program article - "Putin's Loneliness - 2".