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- <title>
- Apr. 13, 1992: Scientology's Largesse in Russia
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Apr. 13, 1992 Campus of the Future
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 19
- SCIENTOLOGY'S LARGESSE IN RUSSIA
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- <p>By Janice Castro/Reported by Wendy Cole
- </p>
- <p> Everyone seems to have a plan to assist the citizens of
- the former Soviet Union, and the Church of Scientology is no
- exception. For the past month, journalism students at the
- 237-year-old Moscow State University have been studying in the
- newly renovated L. Ron Hubbard Reading Room. Scientology
- propaganda in dozens of languages lines the walls, and video
- equipment is available. Pictures of Hubbard decorate the
- corridors, along with a bronze bust of "The Founder." Students,
- who have only the vaguest idea who Hubbard is, are impressed by
- the lavish appointments. But Western scholars in Moscow are
- outraged that the cult has gained such influence. With an
- outpost in an established university, Scientologists plan to
- launch a college of their own in Moscow this summer.
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- </body></article>
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