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Why is Russia’s church backing Putin’s war? Church-state history gives a clue
Published: March 21, 2022 1.14pm CET
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- Scott Kenworthy Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University
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Kirill is supposed to be like Putin, former KGB, which means KGB
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Revolution 1917:
Source: article above
“The Bolsheviks who seized power, however, embraced a militant atheism that sought to secularize society completely. They regarded the church as a threat because of its ties to the old regime. Attacks on the church proceeded from legal measures like confiscating property to executing clergy suspected of supporting the counterrevolution.”
“…Persecution of religion only intensified, however, with repression reaching a peak during the Great Terror of 1937-1938, when tens of thousands of clergy and ordinary believers were simply executed or sent to the Gulag. By the end of the 1930s, the Russian Orthodox Church had nearly been destroyed…”
“…Putin portrayed Pussy Riot and the opposition as aligned with decadent Western values, and himself as the defender of Russian morality, including Orthodoxy. A 2013 law banning dissemination of gay “propaganda” to minors, which was supported by the church, was part of this campaign to marginalize dissent…”
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18th March 2023
Pussy Riot hit The Hague. Imagine if Trump & Putin get arrested simultaneously. Oh joy to the world! Can’t wait to tune into “I’m A Cell-ebrity; But Can’t Get Out of Here.” “#PutinIsaWarCriminal #TrumpIsACriminal
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KGB Kirill is part of a Stalinist campaign to conquer Eastern Europe.
KGB Kirill is mad that Ukraine ordered his mafia ruZZian orthodox “church” and “priests” to leave the Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra, that it invaded and occupied 300 years ago. No more gravy train from Ukraine, f*kkers.
Well done, Archbishop of Canterbury. Should be mandatory viewing for his corrupt, vicious Russian counterpart and Putin-stooge, Patriarch Kirill.
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Tony Brown
@tonyprod77
Dec 2, 2022
Archbishop of Canterbury visits #Bucha and tells the BBC the war on #Ukraine is “an act of great evil” & that Vladimir Putin is responsible. He said Russia had to stop lying about what it’s done in Ukraine, including the killings in Bucha @sarahrainsford @mattgodtv @4nnchor
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“You can’t talk about reconciliation when the guns are firing” Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby tells #BBCLauraK about his visit to Ukraine and says peace can’t be achieved until Russia withdraws from the country
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Kremlin critic
calls EU to impose targeted sanctions against those responsible for the inhuman treatment of former Georgian president
who is in detention for 18 months in ill health.
19th March 2023
Many Congratulations to Bill Browder and all at Simon & Schuster – FREEZING ORDER in at No 10 today on the Sunday Times paperback bestseller list!
18th March 2023
Putin demonstrating he can still travel internationally!
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English) Retweeted
18th March 2023
Russia never went through the procedure of joining the UN, and yet it is about to chair its Security Council, even as it fights a war of aggression and commits atrocities. This should be stopped.
The Danger of Russia Becoming President of the U.N.
The U.N. is about to allow the fox to guard the chicken coop. Russia must be stopped
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English)
18th March 2023
Margaret Thatcher gave damning assessment of Putin in resurfaced clip “I looked at the pictures of Mr. Putin trying to look for a trace of humanity.” Two decades ago Thatcher said the brutal truth about Putin but the West was immensely naive. video clip:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DfuXxzD7CVc
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English)
The ICC decision provides a clear marker for everyone: both in European politics and in the Russian societal scene. It is a marker which allows you to immediately dismiss “not everything is so clear-cut”. “Do you support the decision of the International Criminal Court?” (yes/no)
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Sam Greene
@samagreene
Mar 17
At home, Putin has managed elite dissatisfaction by incentivizing nervous elites to wait things out. Putin’s new, formal status as an indicted war criminal, with all its attendant political consequences in Europe and beyond, means there’s no longer anything for which to wait.
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Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian railways) trains supported the trend initiated on March 17 by the International Criminal Court of The #Hague regarding issuing a warrant for the arrest of Russian leader Vladimir #PutinIsaWarCriminal . #Ukraine️ #ukrainewar
HOW THE PUTINMAFIA WORKS big business=Government Putin does not need to EXPLICITLY give orders to businessmen. Rather, Putin gives “suggestions,” or “complains” – and those around him must take action. Prigozhinfinances Wagner with businesses money, not Government. 1/3
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19th March 2023
The 389th day of the #Russian invasion of Ukraine is underway. #Putin arrived in Russian-occupied #Mariupol on Sunday. The visit was described as a working trip, TASS reported. Recordings have surfaced online. Yevgeny Prigozhin has a problem – his group failed to encircle…
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19th March 2023
The threats of Wagner’s mercenaries worked, they were allowed to bury their dead #RussiaIsLosing
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