Path: nntp.farm.idt.net!news.idt.net!newsfeed.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!unlisys!news.snafu.de!not-for-mail From: tilman@berlin.snafu.de (Tilman Hausherr) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology,soc.culture.russian,talk.religion.misc,alt.religion.unification Subject: Lawsuit against Russian Orthodox Church dismissed again Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:53:32 GMT Organization: United Umbilicals, Inc Lines: 37 Message-ID: <34fb8486.223173866@news.snafu.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: n228h082.berlin.snafu.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 Xref: nntp.farm.idt.net alt.religion.scientology:148257 soc.culture.russian:32941 talk.religion.misc:110625 alt.religion.unification:12853 I just received this from Prof. Alexander Dvorkin: ======== On February 24 the appeal of Mr. Yakunin's Committee and the cults members was heard by the Moscow City Court. The lower Court on May 21 1997 has dismissed their law suit against me and the Russian Orthodox Church in connection to the book I had written, and the Church has published. The plaintiffs (including hare Krishna, Scientology, UC, JW and other cult members) have appealed the decision. In fact, the verdict of the Khoroshovsky District Court was devastating for them. Yesterday over two hundred Orthodox Church members have gathered in the room of the Moscow City Court to support their Church. About 15 cults members were present as well. The defendants were represented by me, rev. Alexey Uminsky of the Dept. of Religious Education of the Moscow Patriarchate, Rt. Rev. Bishop Tichon the vicar bishop of the Patriarch Alexey II, and Dr. Mikhail Gerasimov of Moscow Parents' Committee. The hearing lasted about three hours after which the Court has pronounced the decision: the decision of the lower court was fully supported and upheld. The plaintiffs who filed the frivolous lawsuit have to pay us back our expences -- nearly $20000. Just to add: the plaintiffs were represented by the lawyer Ms Galina Krylova - a member of the governing board of the scientological Citizen's Commission of the Human Rights. We were represented by Ms. Geralina Lyubarskaya - on of the best civil lawyers of Moscow. I thank everybody for the support and prayers. The mass campaign of support in Russia was beyond my imagination. It was really our common victory! God bless you all! Please, spread the word. Alexander L. Dvorkin, PhD Path: nntp.farm.idt.net!news.idt.net!netnews.com!news2.euro.net!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!xs4all!basement.replay.com!not-for-mail From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: Lawsuit against Russian Orthodox Church dismissed again Date: 26 Feb 1998 01:00:09 +0100 Organization: Replay Associates, L.L.P. Lines: 10 Message-ID: <6d2ba9$hvn@basement.replay.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: basement.replay.com X-XS4ALL-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 01:00:11 CET In-Reply-To: <34fb8486.223173866@news.snafu.de> X-001: Replay may or may not approve of the content of this posting X-002: Report misuse of this automated service to X-URL: http://www.replay.com/remailer/ In article <34fb8486.223173866@news.snafu.de> you write: >decision: the decision of the lower court was fully supported and upheld. The >plaintiffs who filed the frivolous lawsuit have to pay us back our expences >-- nearly $20000. A minor comment: due to the shape of the Russian economy, twenty grand to me and you is like twenty million to anyone in Russia. Operation Foot-Bullet continues.