[cdcdawg]

“This is a truly grievous misunderstanding of the reality of religion and politics in 21st Century Russia.”

Maybe, maybe not. I don’t think Cathy Young or any of the people she cites as opposition have a really good handle on that particular subject. It’s more complicated than can be treated in a few hundred words.

[1rudeboy]

Putin probably still has half of the Russian Orthodox Church's hierarchy on his speed dial from his last stint with the KGB.

(To be fair, I'm not singling out that Church--he has the Roman Catholics in his pocket as well).