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Religion in Russia is diverse , with a 1997 law naming Christianity , Islam , Buddhism , and Judaism as important in Russian history .. Islam. Islam. Christianity. Christianity. Buddhism. Buddhism. Judaism. Judaism. Russian. Russian language. Russia. Russia. Orthodox Christianity -LRB- Russian  : Православие Pravoslaviye -RRB- is Russia 's traditional and largest religion , deemed a part of Russia 's `` historical heritage '' in the law passed in 1997 .. Orthodox. Eastern Orthodox Church. Christianity. Christianity. Orthodox Christianity. Orthodox Christianity. Russian. Russian language. Russia. Russia. About 95 % of the registered Orthodox parishes belong to the Russian Orthodox Church while there are a number of smaller Orthodox Churches .. Russian Orthodox. Russian Orthodox Church. Orthodox. Eastern Orthodox Church. Russian. Russian language. Russian Orthodox Church. Russian Orthodox Church. Orthodox Church. Orthodox Church. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 there has been a widespread revival of Siberian shamanism throughout Russia .. Russia. Russia. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Siberian shamanism. Siberian shamanism. Respect for religious freedom by Russian authorities has declined in Russia since the late 1990s and early 2000s , prompting international criticism .. Russian. Russian language. Russia. Russia. religious freedom. religious freedom. An April 2017 report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom -LRB- USCIRF -RRB- stated  : `` The Russian government views independent religious activity as a major threat to social and political stability , an approach inherited from the Soviet period . ''. Russian. Russian language. U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Thus , for the first time , the USCIRF classified Russia as one of the world 's worst violators of religious liberty , recommending in its 2017 annual report that the U.S. government deem Russia a `` country of particular concern '' under the International Religious Freedom Act and negotiate for religious liberty .. Russia. Russia. The report states that Russia `` is the sole state to have not only continually intensified its repression of religious freedom since USCIRF commenced monitoring it , but also to have expanded its repressive policies ... Those policies , ranging from administrative harassment to arbitrary imprisonment to extrajudicial killing , are implemented in a fashion that is systematic , ongoing , and egregious . ''. Russia. Russia. religious freedom. religious freedom