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How Russia's FSB Embraced Religion in the Face of a Baffling War
The Moscow Times ^ | February 13, 2023 | Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan

Posted on 02/13/2023 9:58:48 AM PST by lump in the melting pot

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To: Kazan

Can 10 guys with sachel charges overwhelm an Abrams in close quarters?


21 posted on 02/14/2023 4:42:19 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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22 posted on 02/14/2023 4:44:16 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Kazan

Russia is learning the hard way that the war which it started unilaterally won’t end until both sides agree to end it. Ukraine at the moment looks like it’s had enough of being bullied by russia for the last 9 years, so this is very far away from being “over”.


23 posted on 02/14/2023 4:47:46 AM PST by lump in the melting pot (Believe nothing until it is denied by the Kremlin)
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To: lump in the melting pot

I served during the Cold War (1980s through 2005). I remember the tales of missionaries being jailed for smuggling bibles across the iron curtain. Fast forward to 2003, I’m on a START inspection team in Bryansk, Russia for a rail mobile launcher elimination. There were two Russian Orthodox churches outside the team hotel, and we walked over for a look. One of our FSB escorts crossed himself upon entering the sanctuary, and I bought a pretty good quality Russian bible for ten rubles. The change was pretty cool to see.


24 posted on 02/14/2023 5:13:24 AM PST by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: USAF1985

Thank you for your service. While I have no doubt that the faith of the average russian (like your FSB minder) is genuine, the sad fact is that the russian state has co-opted the ROC as a tool of the state, to get ordinary russians to accept the suffering, deprivation and abuse heaped on them by their government.


25 posted on 02/14/2023 5:35:43 AM PST by lump in the melting pot (Believe nothing until it is denied by the Kremlin)
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To: lump in the melting pot

You’ll get no argument from me…. I was just taking in the moment, and was astonished the FSB would employ him given my experiences in the Cold War.


26 posted on 02/14/2023 3:38:11 PM PST by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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