I'll say. Policy definitely working as intended.
Wade Kusack is the Project Manager for Russian Ministries; his specialty is religious issues in Russia. Krusack explained, “In Russia, the church is supposed to have registration. Without registration, no one has the right to practice their religion. The church was stripped of its legal registration.”Church in Russia Closed for Holding “Unregistered” Sunday School Classes, Christian Headlines, March 19, 2014.
Church community leaders and human rights activists do not agree with the ruling and argue that the church did not carry out educational activities; rather, they only provided space for activities with children who were enrolled in "external studies."
Hard to argue one way or another as no nitty gritties are given. Maybe they were violating the new anti gay propaganda law, by promoting same sex marriage, who knows?
I believe our Churches are registered as non profit, non political institutions and can also be disenfranchised if they violate the rules. But as you know, favorites are excluded (the justice brothers, Jessy and Al).