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Thread ID: 12238 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2004-02-09
2004-02-09 14:22 | User Profile
...AS ANALYSTS SUGGEST THE ROLE OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IS GROWING
[url]http://www.rferl.org/newsline/1-rus.asp[/url]
Meanwhile, the eighth council of the Russian Orthodox Church has adopted a new code of moral principles and rules for business, which it is offering to corporate executives, employees, and trade unions, "Vedomosti" reported on 5 February. According to the daily, church officials are planning meetings with business leaders and state officials to ask them to endorse the document. Yevgenii Yuriev of Business Russia declined to speculate whether companies will accept the church's recommendations, but he acknowledged the church is playing an increasingly active role in society. Former National Strategy Council head Stanislav Belkovskii agreed, saying that the role of the church will only grow, and that "numerous business leaders are coming to understand" that the church can play the role of a mediator between business and government. JAC