News Articles - Russia
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1 Pastor murdered in Dagestan 22 July 2010
2 Priest murdered 25 November 2009
3 Reprieve for Church Dissolved for Having a Sunday School 02 July 2008
4 Church Dissolved for Having a Sunday School 02 April 2008
5 Pentecostal Protestors Arrested in Russia 15 June 2005
6 Church Building Burned Following Police Raid 22 September 2004
7 Blast Destroys Baptist Church Building 28 January 2004
8 Salvation Army Wins Case 26 February 2003
 

Russia Profile

Location
Europe

Population
138,739,892 (July 2011 est.)

Ethnicity (%)
Russian (79.8), Tatar (3.8), Ukrainian (2), Bashkir (1.2), Chuvash (1.1) Other or unspecified (12.1)

Religion (%)
Christian (66.9), Non-religious (19.1), Muslim (12.5), Buddhist (0.7), Ethnoreligionist (0.4), Jewish (0.2), Other (0.2)

Leader
President Dmitriy Medvedev

Government type
Federation

Legal system
Based on civil law system.

Statistics provided by CIA World Factbook and Operation World.

Persecution News - Russia

Pastor murdered in Dagestan
(July 22, 2010)

Priest murdered
(November 25, 2009)

Reprieve for Church Dissolved for Having a Sunday School
(July 02, 2008)

Church Dissolved for Having a Sunday School
(April 02, 2008)

Pentecostal Protestors Arrested in Russia
(June 15, 2005)

Church Building Burned Following Police Raid
(September 22, 2004)

Blast Destroys Baptist Church Building
(January 28, 2004)

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