RE: Will they still claim that communion with Holy Mother Russia trumps basic human decency?
As an aside, this sort of rhetoric, which depicts a messianic role for Russia, was a key element in the proto Stalinist Pan Slavic movements originated by the Moscow intellectuals about 120 years ago. Naturally, Stalin revived it in the heat of WW2 to great effect. Just a note ....
Amazing that the neo-Soviet thugocracy keeps trying to repeat history. Do they think they can partition the Ukraine like Germany after WWII? LOL.
Stalin just borrowed it. It is an old Orthodox belief.