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Article: RUSSIA: SARATOV GOVERNOR FINDS RELIGION BUT HIS PLANS TO USE BUDGET FUNDS MIGHT NOT FLY.(Russian Orthodox Church financing, Governor Dmitri Ayatskov)(Brief Article)
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- December 5, 2002
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Speaking to journalists in Saratov on 2 December, State Duma First Deputy Speaker Lyubov Sliska (Unity) announced that budgetary funds cannot be spent on the religious activities proposed by Governor Ayatskov and that financing for the Russian Orthodox Church will have to come from private sponsors, "Gazeta" reported on 3 December. Article 14 of the Russian Constitution declares that Russia is a secular state. "Gazeta" argued that Ayatskov is quite capable of raising money from private business. However, the governor seems committed to ...