[goldstategop]

Churches have been reopened and the persecution of Christians has ended.

After 70 years of Communism, there was a spiritual vacuum in Russia. Its slowly being repaired.

Post-Communist Russia is not completely up to our standards but its been less than 20 years since the Soviet Union fell.

[GeronL]

Maybe if they ban kiddie porn and pedophilia they won’t deserve to be nuked

[ansel12]

Churches have been reopened and the persecution of Christians has ended.

I thought that Protestant Christians were having problems, as Putin establishes a state approved church.

[elpadre]

it has been noted on FR that Russia and the Orthodox church there are the only ones giving support to the Syrian Christians who are being severely persecuted.

[daniel1212]

Churches have been reopened and the persecution of Christians has ended.

From what i have read, it has somewhat depended whether "Christian" is defined as Orthodox versus Evangelical.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3119253/posts?page=36#36

And then you have the internecine Catholic squabbles: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2912048/posts?page=17#17