I think some of it is unenforceable.

Not sharing faith in a home? How do you stop that? Stick cameras and recorders in every room?

If history banned religion there in 1929, and it blossomed forth again vigorously as soon as suppression was lifted, then clearly religion was still being transmitted to younger generations in secret, and effectively.

Although I am usually in favour of a fairly high level of freedom of expression (anything short of promoting hatred and violence),

in this instance, I'd like to sit back and watch what happens.

Will it reduce terrorism?

If it does, it becomes food for thought.

Hello hartfire. I think the sharing faith in the home thingy might be having gatherings of small groups of people of the congregation but if they mean even within the family at home, that would be almost impossible to prevent.

I don't think it will reduce terrorism.

Devout Russians of faith will not be deterred by this law..

They will continue to do what they do no matter what the persecution..

Hello AdamAPAS. Thanks for answering. Many will likely end up preaching in jail. I wonder how it will affect the Russian Orthodox as they have been oppressors of freedom of religion to other religions in Russia in the past.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2011522?q=%22A+Lengthy+Legal+Str...

The Russian Orthodox church is the religion of state in Russia and thus has plenty of churches in nearly every town and city in Russia.. They are not into the street preaching scene..  

I guess they may not be affected. Like most Churches here, they are keepers of the aquarium rather than fishers of men.  The first century Christians went door to door.

They probably got tired of reading your comments on here and realized shutting everyone up over there is a start.

Seriously, Putin is a despot and this just goes to his deep hatred of anything that he cannot control.   Russia was always run like a prison camp.  With Putin at the helm nothing changes much except the name of the place and the creep running things. 

They are afraid of terrorists so they become terrorists themselves.  What are they going to do if someone says something they perceive as "too religious"?  Lock him away and torture him?

They used to lock up JW's. Guess that they will start again?

Hello Stepper. That makes more sense than the eliminating terrorism premise. 

Thank you for answering Stepper. I agree.

How the law is applied and enforced will be interesting to follow.  Hope the cops over there know Arabic since muslim terrorism is what sparked the law in the first place.

Yes the Russian  Orthodox church is the harlot church who serves the interest of the Russian state.. So Putin will make laws designed to stop any other religion from encroaching into their domain..

Thanks for answering Thriftymaid. Even in 2013 without the new law they seemed to try to enforce it.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/302013011?q=confiscate+russia&am...

"Law-enforcement officials in various parts of Russia continue to harass and persecute Jehovah’s Witnesses and press the courts to condemn the Witnesses for exercising their freedom to worship God. On the basis of a widely criticized law on extremism, the Russian courts have declared at least 64 publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses to be extremist. Recently, a prosecutor requested that Learn From the Great Teacher, a book that teaches children about Jesus Christ, be declared extremist. In many parts of Russia, the courts have also blocked access to Jehovah’s Witnesses’ official Web site. They have granted law-enforcement officials permission to carry out covert surveillance of congregation members, including secret video surveillance and interception of mail. As a result, the police regularly interview opposing neighbors, search the homes of Witnesses, and confiscate religious literature and other personal items. Witnesses have been apprehended while walking on the street, driving their car, or getting off a train. Christian meetings have been disrupted by the police, and elders have been prosecuted for their spiritual shepherding activities in the congregation. In some regions, prosecutors are trying to get the courts to order the liquidation of Local Religious Organizations (LRO) of Jehovah’s Witnesses."

tex, that doesn't surprise me. For that matter very little in our world today surprises me. The Catholic Church tried to shut up (convert or die) non-Catholics during the Inquisitions, but failed. This Putin fiasco won't work either. The same thing is happening in America as we speak. Will it work here? Nope.

You're welcome, Tex.

Thank you for answering Rufus. It does seem that popular Churches like Catholic and Orthodox do/have try to stop all preaching work. Even into and past the reformation the Catholic Church has been horrendous to non-Catholics like burning people at the stake for translating the Bible like John Hus and William Tyndale or for not accepting the trinity like Michael Servetus. Ignorance and persecution are their friends.

I'm fine with it. Religion is the opiate of the masses.

[One commentator stated with reference to religious warfare in India: “Karl Marx referred to religion as the opium of the masses. But that statement cannot be quite right because opium is a downer, it lulls people into a stupor. No, religion is more like crack cocaine. It unleashes tremendous violence and is a very destructive force.” That writer is not quite right either. False religion is both stupefying and destructive.]

Hello again Sharonna, just noticed this quote under the video:

http://www.breitbart.com/faith/2016/07/10/putin-signs-measure-revoking-religious-freedom/

"The measure is expected to especially affect evangelical groups and Jehovah’s Witnesses who often share faith in homes rather than traditional churches."

Hello again Stepper. Watch this video of Russian authorities planting evidence in order to liquidate Kingdom Halls in Russia. They deemed the Book "What does the Bible really teach" as extremist literature among other literature. You can see them planting the books while members of the congregation are video taping with their phones:

https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/by-region/russia/police-planting-evidence-video/

Here's the online version of the book: http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102005167?q=%22what+is+the+truth+about+god%22&p=par