Posted on Feb 15, 2023
Russia’s Religious Leaders Who Criticized the Ukraine War - The Moscow Times
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"Those who have dared to take such a step — whether Christians, Buddhists, Jews or Muslims — have not only faced ostracism in their local communities, but been stripped of their positions and even prosecuted."
Russia’s Religious Leaders Who Criticized the Ukraine War - The Moscow Times
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Knowing even a little of Communist Russia's past this is no surprise, there is no room in a communist country for religion that speaks against the state.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
Russia is NOT a communist country! This has nothing to do with any ideology other than a dictatorship.
Out of an 8 century history, less than 90 years were as communist.
Out of an 8 century history, less than 90 years were as communist.
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MSgt Dale Johnson
From an article I read at the History Channel website...
Although president Boris Yeltsin banned the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1991, the CPRF took its place. Although United Russia has a majority of over 60%, the CPRF is the second-largest political party in Russia. This means that there are still communists in the opposition and that quite a lot of Russians still believe in communism.
The nation has evolved toward a parliamentary democracy, but as international watchdog organizations have thoroughly documented over the years, Russia’s democratic foundations remain weak. Vladimir Putin has been in power longer than most Soviet premiers and has similar levels of power. While the trappings of communism no longer remain, the effects of the ideology and the nature of power politics in Russia have a strong line of continuity with its past.
Although president Boris Yeltsin banned the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1991, the CPRF took its place. Although United Russia has a majority of over 60%, the CPRF is the second-largest political party in Russia. This means that there are still communists in the opposition and that quite a lot of Russians still believe in communism.
The nation has evolved toward a parliamentary democracy, but as international watchdog organizations have thoroughly documented over the years, Russia’s democratic foundations remain weak. Vladimir Putin has been in power longer than most Soviet premiers and has similar levels of power. While the trappings of communism no longer remain, the effects of the ideology and the nature of power politics in Russia have a strong line of continuity with its past.
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Nazis and Communists don't like it when their religious leaders criticize the war. I would be surprised some of the Russian religious leaders are killed or put into Siberia.
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