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The Rise of Religious Messaging in Putin’s Re-making of Russian State Identity
Throughout the nine centuries that followed, the Russian Orthodox Church enjoyed a close relationship with the Russian state, becoming “fully part of the structure of the government.”
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Since taking power in 1999, President Putin has regularly professed and used religious connections to the Orthodox Church for political gain. In doing so, he has re-crafted Russian society and placed himself at the center of a newly established Russian theological identity; one professing a traditional set of conservative values standing in contrast to the West, which functions to bolster domestic cohesion and support claims of Russian leadership and authority over its neighbors.
Ukraine orders Russian-aligned Orthodox church to leave Kyiv monastery
You simply cannot allow an organ of the KGB thug's police state to function as a hostile foreign agent when you are under attack.Duh.