“unlike in the United States, there can be no place in Russia for a free market in religious life.”
― Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
― Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
“has to continually battle Orthodox charges that his church is a “foreign un-Russian sect,”
― Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
― Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
“advantages to the Orthodox Church, citing it as the source of the nation’s spiritual strength and tradition,”
― Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
― Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
“She says everyone around her drank or took drugs. She fell into the same pattern and gradually succumbed to despair.”
― Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
― Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
“the Orthodox Church has quietly used its authority to prevent “nontraditional” communities”
― Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
― Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia
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