Summary
Two decades after the collapse of the USSR, history's most atheistic state, the vast majority of Russians attest to a belief in God "more than in any other European country," according to a new opinion poll.
The survey, carried out in April by the independent Public Opinion Fund (FOM), found that 82 percent of Russians say they are religious believers, while only 13 percent said they do not believe in any deity.See the full content of this document
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Russians Shed Long History of Non-Belief, but Aren't 'Religious'
But the powerful Russian Orthodox Church will find nothing to celebrate in the survey's details.
The church claims 70 percent of Russians as its adherents and on the basis of that has successfully pressured the K...See the full content of this document
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