Sadly, it is my experience that the most vocal and learned of the evangelical sects just can not comprehend the idea that despite their best arguments and fervent belief, God may not agree with what they KNOW the Bible tells them (i.e. interpretation).
The place is not legit.
First I will preface by saying this:
There are a lot of well-meaning Evangelicals in Russia who have drawn many to Christ and helped train Russians in everything from HIV rehab and addiction counseling to pro-life activism, and given Russians disenchanted or traumatized by negative experience with Orthodoxy/Orthodox hierarchy a new lease on faith.
For example: I met a very spiritual woman who said she sought out confession with a priest several years back and before she could get a word out, the priest looked at her with disdain and condescendingly asked "and how many abortions?" (That was not her issue by the way. And yes Russia historically does have catastrophically high abortion rates.)
THAT being said:
I was uncomfortable with how divorced Evangelicalism is from Russia's arts, culture, and historical fabric. The worship environments often sterile and uninspiring (in a hotel conference room, for example instead of real church) -- and also the outright ignorance some missionaries had about basic facts about Russia history and religious history! One American had been in St. Petersburg for years and had yet to visit the Hermitage/Winter Palace! -- but, to her credit she did work with orphans and drug addicts.
I'm Catholic bytheway, so some of my issues with Evangelicalism/Protestantism apply in the states as well.
So on that note: this has been the most encouraging headline of the week for me:
Russian Orthodox Bishop Warns Faithful Not to Vote for 'Dark' Putin
Putin raised controversy in the Orthodox Christian community last week by comparing the Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenins tomb to holy relics in a documentary about the Valaam Monastery.
Bishop Eutyches Kurochkin of the Epiphany Cathedral in Ishim said Putins comparison of communism to Christianity was utterly blasphemous.
Shall I go against Christ and vote for darkness, or advise others to do so?! No, no, no! Rev. Eutyches
https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-orthodox-bishop-warns-faithful-not-to-vote-for-dark-putin-60245