Open Society Institute “Soros” Foundation has organized and sponsored Open Forum.Nariman Gasimoglu had in New-York with the audience of journalists, scholars and human rights activists. His presentation was dedicated to the religious problems ex-Soviet countries with Muslim populations have in the transition period of their history. Touching upon the religious situation in these countries he focused on the complexity of the issues concerning the regulation of religious affairs by non-democratic governments. He said that the complexity of regulation of religious affairs in those countries is objectively conditioned by the fact that non-interference into religious affairs of citizens, as provided by secular nature of the state on one hand, and understanding of quite obvious and real prospects of religious conscience factor’s effects upon public-political situation in those countries forces the official authorities to develop unjustified strict measures of control over religious situation where the believers suffer from violations of their rights to freely practice their religious belief.