Three models of church-state relations in contemporary Russia
Journal: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
Year: 2020

This chapter look at state-religion relations in Russia on two levels: legal and political. After an introduction on religions as political actors and an overview over the development of religious freedom legislation in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union, it analyzes the current model of religion-state relations in Russia as a deficient model of selective cooperation. In Russia, not one, but three models of religion-state relations are at play, which coexist and in part contradict each ot