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Thanks; I did find that eventually, along with several other articles, once I started looking for “anti-terrorism” instead of anything to do with evangelization.

Apparently, prior to the ChristianityToday article, most of the articles discussing the law seemed to suggest that it was most controversial because it required telecomms to store recordings of conversations in case they were later subpoenaed.

Several earlier sources, quite possibly sympathetic to Putin PR, mention, however that it prohibits attacking other people’s religion.

THIS sounds like Putin, and like something that might be inserted into an anti-terrorism bill! This would silence people seeking to radicalize Muslims, but would also alarm Protestants; Russia has in the past restricted Protestants by claiming that they proselytize by denouncing Orthodox Christians as being non-Christians.

But for now, for me, that’s only conjecture.