According to The New York Times:
…a funeral was scheduled last October for two long-lost children…whose remains were found in nearby woods…
But it was not to be. The Russian Orthodox Church interceded, questioning — not for the first time — whether any of the remains were authentic, and the service was postponed indefinitely.
The most prevalent explanation is that the hierarchy wants to avoid the decision because either choice would alienate key factions.
Rejecting the bones will anger some Orthodox adherents, particularly those outside Russia. Accepting them will incense a conservative domestic faction that believes the Soviet government somehow faked the burial.
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