Local officials in the central Russian city of Bryansk registered a Reform synagogue there, ending a 20-month controversy over the congregation’s official status. In November 1997, two months after Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a controversial law that placed restrictions on religions that cannot prove they have existed officially in Russia for at least 15 years, provincial officials cited the legislation when denying registration to the liberal Jewish congregation in Bryansk.
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