Religion News Blog » Russia http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Russian Mission Group Warns Of Crackdown On Evangelicals http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26518/russian-mission-group-warns-of-crackdown-on-evangelicals http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26518/russian-mission-group-warns-of-crackdown-on-evangelicals#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26518 Russia As protesters demanding more freedom and fair elections prepared to demonstrate in freezing temperatures in Moscow last Saturday, a major Russian mission group warned of more difficulties for evangelical Christians and other religious minorities in Russia and other former Soviet Union nations. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26518/russian-mission-group-warns-of-crackdown-on-evangelicals/feed 0 Russia court declares Hindu book Bhagavad Gita legal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26404/russia-court-declares-hindu-book-bhagavad-gita-legal http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26404/russia-court-declares-hindu-book-bhagavad-gita-legal#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:53:04 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26404 Bhagavad Gita A Russian court has dismissed a call to ban an edition of the Hindu holy book Bhagvad Gita, in a case that triggered protests in India.

Prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk wanted the edition to be ruled "extremist".]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26404/russia-court-declares-hindu-book-bhagavad-gita-legal/feed 0 Russia’s witches and wizards face ad ban to protect cancer victims http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25143/russia%e2%80%99s-witches-and-wizards-face-ad-ban-to-protect-cancer-victims http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25143/russia%e2%80%99s-witches-and-wizards-face-ad-ban-to-protect-cancer-victims#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:30:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25143 witch or a wizard from advertising their services in the media in an effort to combat a controversial national obsession with the occult.

According to the Orthodox Church, Russia has 800,000 practitioners of the occult, many of whom advertise in newspaper small advertisements offering cures for alcoholism and spells to lift curses and return errant husbands for a fee.

One report claims almost one in five Russians have consulted occult ‘healers’ but MPs have warned they are risking their health and possibly their lives by trusting in such quackery.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25143/russia%e2%80%99s-witches-and-wizards-face-ad-ban-to-protect-cancer-victims/feed 0 Russian unorthodox: Alternative sects face discrimination in a post-Soviet system that was supposed to ensure religious freedom http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20578/sects-russia-cults http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20578/sects-russia-cults#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:37:52 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20578/sects-russia-cults http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20578/sects-russia-cults/feed 0 Russian sects in spotlight as doomsday cult refuses to budge http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19983/cults-in-russia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19983/cults-in-russia#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:57:17 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19983/cults-in-russia http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19983/cults-in-russia/feed 0 Moscow City Duma to elaborate a method for combating cult expansion in Russia’s capital http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17590/moscow-cults http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17590/moscow-cults#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:08:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17590/moscow-cults http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17590/moscow-cults/feed 0 Alexander Dvorkin: Russian Criminal Code should contain ‘conscience manipulation’ and ‘psychological violence’ to fight sects http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17515/alexander-dvorkin http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17515/alexander-dvorkin#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:47:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17515/alexander-dvorkin http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17515/alexander-dvorkin/feed 0 Sect Expert: Moscow Krishnaites can fit in a telephone box http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17514/hare-krishna http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17514/hare-krishna#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:26:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17514/hare-krishna http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17514/hare-krishna/feed 0 600-800,000 people in Russia are members of religious sects http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17513/russia-sects http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17513/russia-sects#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:10:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17513/russia-sects http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17513/russia-sects/feed 0 Russian disclosure law may exclude churches http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16931/russian-disclosure-law-may-exclude-churches http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16931/russian-disclosure-law-may-exclude-churches#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:36:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16931/russian-disclosure-law-may-exclude-churches http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16931/russian-disclosure-law-may-exclude-churches/feed 0