[buwaya]

The article is full of “motivated reasoning” and skipping over relevant facts.

The point is about who runs the church. In the case of this one it is run out of Moscow, and toes the Russian government line. There is now a Ukrainian church that has the same theology and rituals but reports to their leadership in Kiev.

The Russian Orthodox church has long been closely tied to, and mainly subservient to the Russian regime. It has been so going back centuries. A different regime requires similar loyalty from its slice of what was once the Russian Orthodox church. Simple as that.

[mass55th]

"The point is about who runs the church. In the case of this one it is run out of Moscow, and toes the Russian government line. The point is about who runs the church. In the case of this one it is run out of Moscow, and toes the Russian government line. "

And there's not churches in this county that don't do that? Specifically promoting RAT policies?