Proposed Moscow Mosque Stirs Protests

27 September 2010 | Issue 4486

A dispute has escalated over plans to build a mosque in Moscow's southeastern outskirts, with local residents vowing to send an appeal with about 2,000 signatures to President Dmitry Medvedev and nationalist groups promising to support them.

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Proposed Moscow Mosque Stirs Protests

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Putin Denies Theft of Super Bowl Ring

U.S. Jets Fuel Russian Fears of Syria No-Fly Zone

Toll Roads to Become Core of Moscow Region's Network

Tereshkova Marks 50 Years of Her Historic Flight

Experts Say New 'Reformist' Iranian President May Push Russia Into Background

What the Papers Say, June 14, 2013

Proposed Moscow Mosque Stirs Protests