Bullcrap. The Russian Orthodox Church has climbed into bed with Putin. This was a political protest, and Putin is cracking down hard on dissent.
It is truly amazing to see so many FReepers who either fail to see what is at stake here, or are enamored to be Putin apologists.
Whether they have climbed in or not is besides the point. There has been a law for years on a person getting jailed if they did such a thing in a Church.