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Religion: New Freedoms for Old Faiths

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TIME

Against all odds, belief has been preserved through ancient rites and modern- day courage. Russian Orthodoxy and, even more, Judaism still suffer serious limitations. Nonetheless, as glasnost penetrates everyday life, believers are starting to enjoy wider freedoms than at any other time since the atheistic persecutions were launched during the 1920s.

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