Living Dead Chipmunk

And they're the only ones who get into government.

Splat

I don't get it: the headline is "Some 60% of Russians believe in God." Must be a typo, since their data add up to about 80%.

Given the fact that religion was surpressed under communism (or so we were told), I'd expect a lot more atheists.

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Nikolai

Although I am basing this on anectodal evidence only, the percentage of atheis Russians is one of the highest in the world. And, even though many may say they believe, somehing like only 2 percent belong to the Orthodox church. Yet, many see the Church as something good that was kept away from them for many years by the repressive regime. It is, indeed, a posiblity that schools may soon start teaching Biblical history or such. The general population is educated and IMHO will resist such drastic moves.