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Daniel pays tribute to late Father Gleb Yakunin, one of the greatest and most courageous fighters for religious liberty in the last century. Born in 1934, during some of the darkest, most terrible years of the Stalin era, Yakunin came from a family of religious believers. But at the age of 11, he had become a committed atheist, conforming, as did nearly all young people, to the antireligious environment cultivated by the state. Yakunin helped create a parallel organization in Moscow, which worked closely with Academician Andret Sakharov, with whom he became a close friend and collaborator. Through such work he became a political dissident.

This is the first work to set one of the great bloodless revolutions of the twentieth century in its proper historical context. John Dunlop pays particular attention to Yeltsin's role in opposing the covert resurgence of Communist interests in post-coup Russia, and faces the possibility that new institutions may not survive long enough to sink roots in a traditionally undemocratic culture.

[[Gleb Yakunin]] Possessing colossal material resources, finances, and a huge number of monasteries and temples, the Moscow Patriarchy has turned into a powerful oligarch. With such incalculable wealth it is naturally finding opportunities for influencing officials of a very high rank, including those in the Kremlin. This creates a danger. It may not only gain the sixth channel [a licence for broadcasting on the frequency of the recently closed TV6], which I certainly suspect it of plotting. Besides, it will impede the development of the Orthodox confession, which requires not state protection, but internal development and internal reforms that we need so much.

The cause was complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, his daughter Maria said.

Like some secular dissidents promoting human rights, he has framed his cause as a measure of ''glasnost'' and ''perestroika,'' Mr. [Mikhail S. Gorbachev]'s slogans for greater openness and social renovation. Reviving the church, he argues, can win Mr. Gorbachev an important ally in his effort to combat drinking, drug abuse, prostitution and corruption, and to instill purpose and discipline in the work force. ''Yes, he's a real atheist,'' Father Yakunin said of the Soviet leader. ''But he's also a real reformer, and whatever exists in the social life of society he will use. The problem of changing the state's attitude toward religion is a purely tactical one for him.'' With the air of a man testing his own political leverage, Father Yakunin said he had warned Metropolitan Yuvenali that ''it would be worse for them'' to have him outside the church. As an insider, he says, he will feel obliged to exercise restraint in the interest of smooth working relations. Outside, he said, ''I wouldn't be so responsible.''

Once jailed by the Soviet government, [Gleb Yakunin] was first forbidden to carry out his priestly duties in 1966 for criticizing the state's interference in church affairs. The church reversed its decision in 1987, during the rule of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. In a letter to the State Duma, Alexy said Yakunin's \"political activity is evoking mass protests of the clergy and faithful.\" He urged lawmakers to view Yakunin as a private citizen who has no right to speak for the church.

Suspended From Ministry: Rev. Gleb Yakunin, an internationally known dissident Russian Orthodox priest, has been suspended from the ministry for refusing to withdraw as a candidate in Russia's legislative elections Dec. 12. The suspension of Yakunin, who was imprisoned for years for criticizing his communist government, was based on a recent church ruling that bars clergy from serving as legislators. -- Religious News Service Team Effort on New Bible: Cambodia, newly opened to Christian missionaries, may be doing more for ecumenism than decades of theological discussions. Protestants and Roman Catholics, normally noted more for their differences than similarities, are teaming up to produce a Khmer-language Bible for missionaries to use in the predominantly Buddhist country. -- Christian Century Not About to Retire: Billy Graham, the Christian evangelist who has preached to 180 million people since 1949, turned 75 this month. Although he has Parkinson's disease, which makes it impossible for him to drive or write by hand, the \"great reaper of souls\" is not planning to slow down. \"The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy,\" he says. -- Time Magazine

The article contradicted the version of courtroom events given by Mr. [Gleb Yakunin]'s wife, who attended the closed trial.