[dirtboy]

Putin is using the Orthodoxy Church for moral authority to crack down on dissent. I guess for some folks, fascism is OK as long as the folks going into jail are the folks they disagree with politically.

[dfwgator]

What happens in Russia is their own business, as long as they are not trying to expand their empire like the Soviets did.

[Antoninus]

Putin is using the Orthodoxy Church for moral authority to crack down on dissent.

This is dissent? No, this is a bunch of amoral skanks doing what amoral skanks do. What are they advocating for, anyway? Free birth control? Free abortions? Sodomy rights?

I've never been a big fan of Putin, but I'll side with him on this one any day of the week.