THE ISSUE OF COLLEGIA PONTIFICUM REGISTRATION AND CARRYING OUT STATE THEOLOGICAL EXPERTISE
The article illustrates some issues of religious groups’ legal status in the Russian Federation. Special attention is paid to complexity control over their activities by the state and municipal authorities. The paper also analyses the changes in the law in this area, as well as considers challenges related to possible implementation of governmental associations’ religious activities.
Keywords: religious group, public association, state theological expertise.
Eugenia V. Medentseva, candidate of Jurisprudence, Professor, Head of Civil and Business Law Department; Sergey A. Nesterov, post-graduate. Samara State University of Economics.