The children of Dukhobors and Molokans were taken away for reeducation in the one true faith. That's what the traditions were. An inexorable struggle with religious variety is counterproductive. Federal authorities issue documents intended to inflame further religious intolerance. All publications, from black-brown to blue, are eager to throw fuel into the bonfire of the flaming antisectarian campaign.
Freedom of conscience requires active defense.
We appeal to the president of the government of the Russian federation to review point 2.6.4 of the federal program for intensifying the struggle with crime in 1996-1997, which is without basis and unsupported by evidence of criminal activity of religious organization and violates the constitution of the Russian federation. We appeal to the president of the Russian federation to review the proposal for establishing training of specialists on state-church relations in educational institutions that educate state employees. Everyone who has seriously studied the new religious movements knows very well that they differ in the cultural origins, beliefs, organizational types, methods of winning adherents, and leadership styles. The quality of one groups is unlike the qualities of another. It is impossible to generalize from several isolated examples to the thousands.