Are they being run out too?
No, but they were totally subverted into organs of state propaganda long ago.
The Orthodox intolerance towards Protestants and Catholics is a problem to begin with, but in the USSR Communist Era the Russian Orthodox Church was infiltrated and subverted by KGB agents.
Now we have a KGB man in charge of Russia, Putin.
“...they were totally subverted into organs of state propaganda..”
During the USSR days, Russian Orthodox churches were converted into government buildings, many destroyed. Clergy were imprisoned, many killed and children were taught in government schools “there is no God.”