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Mgr Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Catholic Metropolitan of Moscow, said that churches, not classrooms, were better indicated to discuss religious education and the basics of religion.
There are some who would disagree.
Actually this has been in the works for a long time. My wife was a child psychologist in Volgograd and prior to our marriage in 2001 she helped develop an optional Bible curriculum, which was passed by the Duma, and signed into law by Putin. The Bible can be used in Russian schools at the option of the teacher and superintendent.