Religion and State in Russia: Introduction
Journal: Journal of Law and Religion
Year: 2024

Planning for this symposium on religious establishment in Russia began in 2021 and rose to a crescendo by the end of that year, only to be disrupted just months later by the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine.The project that had begun with illuminating and insightful meetings with law and religion scholars in Russia and the global Russian diaspora was largely put on hold in February 2022 when the war began, and we continued to check in with our Russian interlocutors, bringing new schola