Russia’s political culture is really confused. On one hand they are all about traditionalism and religion and being the macho conservative and on the other they are trying to develop cults around far left commies.
LOL! They have the lowest church attendance rate in the world (and the highest abortion rate). Russia isn't about traditionalism and religion - but it is apparently good at fooling conservatives in the west.
They aren’t about religion. That’s just propaganda to get western conservatives fooled
Ours must appear confused, too. We have, or had, plenty of statues to Civil War generals, all over. Maybe Lenin is General Lee.
USSR communists ranted against western decadence all the time, even while the KGB subverted and promoted it.
Archbishop Kirill was on the board of the world council of churches, an organization that spread heretical liberation theology worldwide. Today he blesses nuclear missiles and condemns the morals of the west.
The key to understanding Russians is that it’s a trash country dominated by prison culture and filled with degenerates with low self esteem.