Russian
lawmakers are reworking a draft law introducing prison terms for
religious offences after signs that Vladimir Putin is concerned it could
undermine the delicate balance between the country's many religions.
The president's party proposed
the law after two members of the Pussy Riot punk band were jailed for
two years over a protest in a cathedral against Putin's increasingly
close ties with the Russian Orthodox Church.
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