They are harmless. I thought Russia was becoming more open to all Christian denominations. This sounds like a putsch by the Orthodox Church.................
Many years ago the Russian Orthodox had priests sprinkling “holy water” on ICBM’s. I kid you not.
Or at least it was reported that is was on Russian TV as I recall.
“This sounds like a putsch by the Orthodox Church.................”
I hate to say but I can appreciate their point of view. They want to preserve the Russian identity and the Russian nation and that means cultural protectionism.
We could use some of that in the USA.
Russia is not at all open to Christian denominations, except for the "official" Russian Orthodox Church, which openly supports the Putin regime. Other denominations, especially Evangelical churches, are persecuted.
I guess three different crews hitting Putin’s door on the same day was one too many.
They tried to give Putin a copy of “Votchchtauver”, so banned.