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Russian media are reporting this week that the Saint Petersburg org moved in early February from 21 Rozenstein Street to a former movie theater located at 15 Avtovskaya Street. The neighborhood is apprehensive to suddenly discover Scientology in its midst, close to apartment buildings, kindergartens, schools, and a subway station, where Scientologists have been handing out leaflets. Scientologists have even approached one school and proposed cooperation in organizing sports activities. Local residents are also complaining about plans to add five floors to the four-story building, supposedly for art galleries and exhibition halls. The building is owned by a company called "Kovcheg" ("ark").
A protest demonstration is scheduled to take place in front of the building on February 21.
As a result of the public outcry, Vitaly Milonov, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg, has asked FSB director Alexander Bortnikov to look into the activities of the Church of Scientology in Saint Petersburg and in other regions of the Russian Federation.
The former "Vesna" ("Spring") movie theater at 15 Avtovskaya Street in Saint Petersburg:
Sources (in Russian):
http://www.metronews.ru/novosti/cerkov-saentologov-v-avtovo-bespokoit-mestnyh-zhitelej/Tpoobr---FWkJK4LxFybdM/
http://nevnov.ru/city/cerkov-saentologii-pereexala-v-avtovo-zhiteli-byut-trevogu/
http://nevnov.ru/city/region/zhiteli-kirovskogo-rajona-o-cerkvi-saentologii-na-avtovskoj-luchshe-by-zdes-byl-sportzal/
http://ok-inform.ru/obshchestvo/31981-sajentologicheskaya-vesna-v-avtovo.html
http://riafan.ru/214642-ekspansiya-saentologov-pugaet-rossiyan/
http://www.ng.ru/news/494517.html
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2366411
The snapshot below shows a web page advertising rental space in the building to which the Saint Petersburg org has moved:
A protest demonstration is scheduled to take place in front of the building on February 21.
As a result of the public outcry, Vitaly Milonov, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg, has asked FSB director Alexander Bortnikov to look into the activities of the Church of Scientology in Saint Petersburg and in other regions of the Russian Federation.
The former "Vesna" ("Spring") movie theater at 15 Avtovskaya Street in Saint Petersburg:
Sources (in Russian):
http://www.metronews.ru/novosti/cerkov-saentologov-v-avtovo-bespokoit-mestnyh-zhitelej/Tpoobr---FWkJK4LxFybdM/
http://nevnov.ru/city/cerkov-saentologii-pereexala-v-avtovo-zhiteli-byut-trevogu/
http://nevnov.ru/city/region/zhiteli-kirovskogo-rajona-o-cerkvi-saentologii-na-avtovskoj-luchshe-by-zdes-byl-sportzal/
http://ok-inform.ru/obshchestvo/31981-sajentologicheskaya-vesna-v-avtovo.html
http://riafan.ru/214642-ekspansiya-saentologov-pugaet-rossiyan/
http://www.ng.ru/news/494517.html
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2366411
The snapshot below shows a web page advertising rental space in the building to which the Saint Petersburg org has moved: