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Russia Rejects Critical U.S. Resolution
March 18, 2006
A Russian Orthodox service (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the U.S. House of Representatives had launched what it called "its umpteenth anti-Russian resolution."
The statement said U.S. laws on religious freedom were themselves "unusual," but it did not go into detail.
The House of Representatives nearly unanimously passed a resolution on March 15 saying Russia should fully protect the freedoms of all religious communities, whether registered and unregistered.
It also urged an end to harassment of unregistered religious groups by the security apparatus and other government agencies.
(AFP)