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In the Vologda Oblast, there may be inspections of Protestant religious organizationstranslated

September 29, 2026 · 1 min read

"The issue of conducting joint inspections with the regional Ministry of Health, the Regional Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the Vologda Regional Department of Internal Affairs, and the Vologda Regional Emergency Situations Department of Protestant religious organizations' activities, some structural units of which carry out rehabilitation of drug addicts," — such a decision was made at a recent meeting of the regional anti-drug commission.

Inspections are proposed to be conducted in 2026-2027.

At the same time, the commission adopted several other decisions, including:

- to monitor minors who have used psychoactive substances;

- to ensure access for representatives of medicine, law enforcement agencies, and non-profit organizations (including religious ones) to schools, colleges, and technical colleges so that they can conduct preventive measures against drug and toxicomania use;

- to consider the possibility of involving non-profit organizations engaged in rehabilitation and re-socialization of drug users in programs for rehabilitating individuals who have been released from corrective facilities and suffer from narcological disorders.

- to consider the possibility of...

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Елена Смирнова

It’s good that they want to check these centers. We also had cases in Yekaterinburg when in such “rehabilitation” people were kept almost locked up and money was siphoned off. Let the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Internal Affairs look at how they actually work there, especially with drug addicts. And then 2026–2027 is not soon yet.