Legal regulation of religious units: amendments of the law

Abstract

In the article the changes and amendments concerning the regulation of activity’s religious units are analyzed. Most essential amendments were done during 2013 – 2013’s. It was clarified the civil status of religious organizations and conditions of religious units’ activity. In particular, in the accordance with the law, religious groups should inform about the beginning of their activity to an authority empowered to take a decision on the state registration; it was introduced the concept «missionary activity» and were indicated conditions its implementation, etc. Authors of the article show that on the one hand there is some liberalization of the law about freedom of con-science and freedom of religion (for example, there is an amendment that teach of religion isn’t an educational activity, specification of what aspects of the religious organizations’ activities are defined by their internal rules), strengthening counter to extremism. On the other hand, there is a tighter control over the religious activity of people and a significant limitation of their constitutional right to the freedom of conscience and freedom of religion.