Monday, April 28, 2003
69% of Russians profess religion
In recent years the number of Russians who consider themselves religious believers and the number of Russians who consider themselves Orthodox has increased.
According to a recent survey by the Public Opinion fund , this year 69% of respondents said that they profess a religion. Moreover, 59% of those questioned identified themselves as Orthodox, 8% Muslim and 2% other religions. 30% of those questioned did not consider themselves religious. In 1997 the same index had 62% professing a religion and 38% not professing a religion.
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