Yeltsin vetoed a bill that sought to give preference to the Russian Orthodox as an infringement on rights. The proposal would have imposed tight controls on Roman Catholicism and evangelical Protestants and drew a threat of a funding cutoff from the US Senate. Yeltsin's move will provoke loud protests from nationalists, who favored the bill.
Russian Religion Bill
Yeltsin vetoed a bill that sought to give preference to the Russian Orthodox as an infringement on rights. The proposal would have imposed tight controls on Roman Catholicism and evangelical Protestants and drew a threat of a funding cutoff from the US Senate. Yeltsin's move will provoke loud protests from nationalists, who favored the bill.
