I was not aware of the religious aspect until a few years ago when a Russian ex-pat FReeper educated me on the persecution of Russian Baptists by the Putler regime and the KGB owned-and-operated Orthodox ‘church’.
Our Ruzzian allies here on FR think I hate the Russians and they have no idea what ‘hate’ is until they get a Russian Baptist fired up about the Orthodox church. It gets very intense and a little scary to be honest.
Good to know. Thanks! I’ll tread lightly if I should find my self in that situation.