Its more than that, its Russian persecution of ALL Churches that are not under Russian control.
USCIRF: Religious Liberty Worse than Ever in Russia and Russian-Occupied Ukraine-Massimo Introvigne
Two well-written reports highlight the systematic persecution of religious minorities by the Putin regime, and its crimes against religion in Ukraine.
“Over time, the Russian government has granted special recognition and privileges to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which has contributed to the development of an environment hostile towards other religious groups,” the report on Russia describes the increasingly harsh applications of the existing laws against proselytization and extremism, and the continuing persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses, followers of the Kazakh esoteric movement Allya Ayat, and many others
https://bitterwinter.org/uscirf-religious-liberty-worse-than-ever-in-russia-and-russian-occupied-ukraine/?gad_source=1
I’m not unaware of this, and I expect it here, maybe before I die.