The state of freedom in Russia: a regional analysis of freedom of religion, media and marketsFootnote1

Much of the work for this article was completed while one of the authors (Christopher Marsh) was serving as a research scholar in residence at the Institute on Religion and World Affairs at Boston University. Both authors would also like to thank Peter Berger, Wallace Daniel, Nikolas Gvosdev, Anthony Gill and Lawrence Uzzell for their assistance and comments on the ideas expressed in this paper.

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