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RIA Novosti: STATE DUMA DEPUTIES ARE NOT INCLINED TO DRAMATISE THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO TURN DOWN THE LAW ON FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE

MOSCOW, July 23 (from RIA Novosti correspondents Galina Amelkina, Yulia Panyushkina) -- "One should not overdramatise yesterday's decision of the Russian President to turn down the law "On Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations), since this decision will hardly seriously aggravate the situation in Russian society", Valery Tarasov, a member of the State Duma Committee on Culture (Communist faction) told RIA today. According to him, most of the deputies were prepared to such a reaction of the head of state, since they were aware that the adopted law is imperfect. "Possibly, we were not right in ignoring the activity of Catholic organisations in Russia. For Catholicism is a religion, which on a par with the Orthodox Church, is within the system of Christianity", noted the deputy. Tarasov believes that the believers themselves should not feel any discomfort in connection with this: "Let them give their priests a possibility to reach mutual understanding through a search for accord on this complicate

d issue".

In his turn, Chairman of the Duma Committee on Nationalities' Affairs Vladimir Zorin (NDR faction) called this document "the first serious attempt to establish new real relations between the state and religion". However, regrettably, noted Zorin, due to the fact for many years atheism was official ideology in Russia, the attempt proved to be "not quite successful". Nevertheless, he expressed hope that "by joint efforts and in accordance with the President's remarks the law will be finalised".

Independent deputy Galina Starovoitova of the Duma Committee on the Affairs of Public Associations and Religious Organisations backed the decision of the head of state. She stressed that the law adopted by the Duma is at variance with the Russian Constitution and "does not correspond to its initial version". "The law is different in concept from the draft law adopted in the first reading and the text of the draft prepared last year by the working group including representatives of religious organisations", stressed Starovoitova.

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Johnson's Russia List

#1077

23 July 1997

djohnson@cdi.org

 
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