MOSCOW — After a four-year-long ordeal, the Salvation Army has won its legal battle to remain active in Moscow, Russia. A Moscow City Court recently recognized the legal legitimacy of the Moscow branch of the Salvation Army to operate in the city.
According to the Institute on Religion and Public Policy (IRPP), the Moscow City Court took up an appeal made by the Moscow Department of Justice concerning the decision of the Moscow Taganskiy District Court on liquidation proceedings against the Salvation Army’s Moscow Branch (SAMB). On Feb. 19, the Taganskiy court had recognized that the liquidation of the SAMB was “legally ungrounded” and canceled the previous decision to liquidate the organization. On April 16, the Moscow City Court agreed with the Taganskiy Court’s judgment, confirming that the liquidation of the SAMB was illegal. This latest ruling mirrored one made in February 2002 by the Constitution Court of the Russian Federation, Russia’s highest court, that granted the Salvation Army legal legitimacy to operate in Russia’s capital.
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