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Keston News Service Articles 1997   (choose a year)

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17.09.1997 - Duma Committee Rushes to Approve Slightly Changed Religion Bill

22.09.1997 - Russian Federation, Federal Law

13.02.1997 - Provincial Law Against Minority Faiths Turns Into Paper Tiger

22.06.1997 - Law on Religion for the Russian Federation

05.12.1997 - Arrest and Beatings of Azerbaijani Jehovah's Witnesses

16.09.1997 - Religion Bill Stalled in Presidential Apparat

22.09.1997 - Kremlin Officials Continue to Claim Catholic and Protestant Support

22.07.1997 - This press release and letter were received from Orthodox priests

22.06.1997 - Additional Amendments Made to Law on Religion for 'Third Reading'

04.09.1997 - Yeltsin Accepts his Staff's 'Compromise' Bill on Church-State Relations

07.07.1997 - Switch by Prime Minister's Staff Sped Bill Through Upper House

27.06.1997 - Delay Possible in Upper House

25.06.1997 - Opponents of New Law on Religion Cite Procedural Flaws

23.06.1997 - Final Passage in Duma of Law Restricting Religious Freedom

11.07.1997 - European Union Formally Protests Against Russia's Religion Bill

07.11.1997 - Lutheran Churches in Russia Question the new Bill on Religions

03.07.1997 - Members of Upper House Focus on Money Issues

13.10.1997 - Russia's Far North Chills Religious Freedom

09.10.1997 - For Lutherans in Siberia, New Law Even Harsher in Reality Than on Paper

15.10.1997 - Learning How to Live With Freedom - Religious Law in Latvia

25.09.1997 - Moscow's Catholics 'Outmanoeuvred' by Kremlin

10.07.1997 - Parliament's Bill Does Not Meet European Standards, Says Human Rights Watch

08.07.1997 - Parliament's Bill Threatens 'Initsiativniki' Baptists

30.06.1997 - Key Yeltsin Aide Works to Prevent Veto

14.07.1997 - Russian Orthodox Missionary Priest Banned by Moscow Patriarchate

06.06.1997 - New Russian Legislation Restricting Religious Freedom?

26.08.1997 - Negotiators Race Towards Compromise on Church-State Relations

01.09.1997 - Patriarchate Delays Announcing Position on Compromise

20.06.1997 - Amendment to Elevate Islam

19.09.1997 - Duma Votes Down Motion to Delay Religion Bill

15.07.1997 - Parliament's Religion Bill Alarms Old Believers

25.06.1997 - Opponents of New Law on Religion Cite Procedural Flaws

05.09.1997 - Override Vote Still Possible in Duma

01.09.1997 - Patriarchate Delays Announcing Position on Compromise

18.07.1997 - Pope John Paul Writes to Yeltsin on Proposed Religion Law

02.09.1997 - yeltsin's Staff Pressuring Him to Accept Secretive 'Compromise'

30.10.1997 - Russian Religion law Claims First Jewish Victims

04.08.1997 - Patriarch Aleksi and President Yeltsin Agree Law Must be Passed - But Amended

Keston News Service Articles 1997   (choose a year)

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