Anyone can research “Jehovah’s witnesses” and Russia and see they are clamped down on. I’m no JW; I think there religion is pretty far out there. So, it kind of comes down to what are we talking about, “Freedom of Religion”.
That said, Islam is strong in parts of Russia, undoubtedly. That situation needs to be watched.
Indeed.
Regarding JW’s, one of the articles I linked under the main post states that the majority of people who’ve been hit by the law are mainstream Evangelical Christians not cultists.
There are far too many Muslims in Russia and too much of Russia’s labor market depends on them for Putin to start a squabble in that regard.
Although opponents to Putin do point out that the majority of Muslims in Russia are of the “Sunni” variety, but Syria/Iran et al (countries Putin has made it a point to ally with) - are “Shiite.”
Also worth noting : most foreign recruits to ISIS are Russian speaking and hail from Russia and elsewhere in the former Soviet space.