[WayneS]

But the one religious group not affected by the so-called Yarovaya law is the Russian Orthodox Church.

Uh, yeah. Russian Orthodoxy is the state religion of Russia. Any one who visits there should know that going in.

And anyone who visits Russia should also know going in that people in Russia do not have the same freedoms that we have in the United States. That's just a fact.

[GoldenState_Rose]

There was relative religious freedom for over two decades following the collapse of the Soviet Union.