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New Russian Law
Affects Groups

New York (JTA) — A bill
adopted by the Russian
parliament last week could
interfere with the activities
of groups trying to revitalize
Jewish life in the former
Soviet Union.
The legislation, reportedly
introduced at the urging of
the Russian Orthodox Chur-
ch, would require all foreign
religious organizations to
work under the authority of
local groups and to be
registered by the govern-
ment.
President Boris Yeltsin
has until July 28 to veto the
bill, which was adopted July
14.
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-
Ind., has written Mr.
Yeltsin, expressing concern
that the bill would be a
"setback for religious
freedom." As of midweek,
more than 20 other members
of Congress had signed the
letter, which was only
beginning to circulate on
Capitol Hill.
The National Conference
on Soviet Jewry has ex-
pressed concern about the
bill to the State Department
and to the Russian Embassy
in Washington.
"This is clearly another
action by a conservative
parliament that doesn't bode
well for the future well-
being of their country or
their citizens," said Mark
Levin, executive director of
the National Conference.
The Vaad of Russia, the
umbrella group of Jewish
organizations there, issued a
statement calling the bill
"incompatible with the
spirit of democratic changes
under way in Russia."
The bill amends Russia's
landmark 1990 law on
freedom of conscience and
religious organizations.
"This legislation is not
primarily aimed at the Jew-
ish community," said Rabbi
Arthur Schneier, president
of the Appeal of Conscience
Foundation, an ecumenical
group that promotes re-
ligious freedom.
Nonetheless, he added,
"any statute that restricts
religious freedom — so long
denied to the Russian people
under Communist rule — is
a setback and cause for ap-
prehension."
The bill is a reflection of
the Russian Orthodox Chur-
ch's mounting concern over
the inroads made by foreign
evangelists and missionary

Richard Lugar:
Wrote to Yeltsin.

groups, from Billy Graham
to Hari Krishna. There has
also been concern about the
ascendancy of Muslim fun-
damentalists.
A broad array of foreign
Jewish groups operate in
Russia, sponsoring various
religious, cultural, educa-
tional and humanitarian ac-
tivities. The impact of the
bill on these groups would
depend on how the regula-
tions were enforced.
Some of the most promi-
nent Jewish religious groups
active in Russia operate in
conjunction with Russian af-

Any such statute
is a setback and
cause for concern.

filiates. Others are officially
registered with the Russian
government. It is not yet
clear how the legislation
would impact these groups.
But one provision of the
bill reportedly would require
foreigners coming to teach to
be accredited by as-yet-
undetermined bodies, who
would have seemingly wide
discretion in approving ap-
plications.
That could affect people
such as Rabbi Pinchas
Goldschmidt, Moscow's chief
rabbi, who is from Israel and
Switzerland.
Under the law, "his serv-
ing should be approved by
the apparatchiks in Russia,"
said Leonid Stonov, interna-
tional director of the Moscow
human rights bureau of the
Union of Councils, formerly
called the Union of Councils
for Soviet Jews.
"This amendment is ab-
solutely unacceptable and
unbelievably bad," he
said. III