The end of religious freedom in Russia
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Do you know that a few days ago the end of religious freedom in Russia was indirectly declared by the new set of laws against terrorism which prohibit any witnessing about religious content outside of the walls of officially recognized church sites?
On July 7, 2016 Putin signed new laws against sharing faith in homes, online, or anywhere but recognized church buildings which goes into effect on July 20. Protestants and religious minorities small enough to gather in homes fear they will be most affected. Last month, “the local police officer came to a home where a group of Pentecostals meet each Sunday," Konstantin Bendas, deputy bishop of the Pentecostal Union, told Forum 18. "With a contented expression he told them: ‘Now they're adopting the law I'll drive you all out of here.’ I reckon we should now fear such zealous enforcement.”
You find these lines in the report about no evangelizing outside of the church at https://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/june/no-evangelizing-outside-of-church-russia-proposes.html