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After the October Revolution, there was a movement within the Soviet Union to unite all of the people of the world under communist rule known as world communism.Communism as interpreted by Vladimir Lenin and his successors in the Soviet government included the abolition of religion and to this effect the Soviet government launched a long-running unofficial campaign to eliminate religion from ...
The history of indigenous, Russian evangelical Protestantism was anticipated by movements such as the Strigolniki in the 14th century and later in the 16th–18th centuries [9] the Molokan, [10] Dukhobor, [11] Khlysts, [12] [13] to some extent, Subbotniks, and in 19th century Tolstoyan rural communes, who prepared the ground for the movement's future spread.
In 2017, Jehovah's Witnesses were banned in Russia due to "extremist" activities. [9] On April 4, 2017, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedoms of Peaceful Assembly and Association Maina Kiai, and UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief Ahmed Shaheed condemned Russia's desire to ban Jehovah's Witnesses. [10]
Ukraine on Friday banned the activities of religious organizations “affiliated with centers of influence” in Russia and said it would examine the links between the Ukrainian and Russian ...
The USSR anti-religious campaign of 1928–1941 was a new phase of anti-religious campaign in the Soviet Union following the anti-religious campaign of 1921–1928. The campaign began in 1929, with the drafting of new legislation that severely prohibited religious activities and called for an education process on religion in order to further ...
Underscoring Putin’s religious justification for war, Russia’s 2023 Foreign Policy Concept postulates as core principles the defense of Orthodoxy and the Moscow Patriarchate, and the promotion ...
In Russia, freedom of religion is provided for in Chapter 1, Article 14, [1] Chapter 2, Articles 28 [2] and 29 [3] of the 1993 constitution, which forbid the federal government from declaring a state or mandatory religion, permit the freedoms of conscience and profession of faith, and forbids state advocacy purporting superiority of any group over another on religious grounds.
Mayhill Fowler, a Stetson University professor, will give a talk about Ukraine-Russia relations Saturday, April 30 at the Enterprise Museum.