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Anonymous ID: e7c337 Oct. 23, 2021, 7:38 a.m. No.14841027   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1058 >>1066

Vladimir Putin's victory in last week's Russian presidential elections came as no surprise. Putin has spent much of the past two decades building an enduring and loyal following in Russia, and alliances with some of the country's most powerful institutions

— none, perhaps, more important than the Russian Orthodox Church, which has fully embraced his leadership.

 

It's all part of a dramatic turnaround for the Church, which just 30 years ago was only a marginal force in Russian society. The Soviets had sought to stamp out organized faith, stripping religion from education, arresting clergymen, and ordering the destruction of many of Russia's grand cathedrals, including one, Christ the Savior, that was demolished to make room for a public pool.

 

But under Putin, the Church has been making a comeback. More than 70% of Russians today identify as Russian Orthodox, up from 30% at the end of the Soviet Union. And huge swaths of land have been transferred back to religious ownership, with thousands of new churches being built or restored – at a rate of almost three a day, by church figures. And Putin, by building loyalty among the leaders of a cherished institution, has arguably been the greatest beneficiary of this largesse.

 

VICE News Tonight went to Moscow to ask Church leaders, and experts on the role of religion in society, how the church's resurrection has played into Putin's gambit for everlasting power.

 

https://youtu.be/YfdxA9z0STI

Anonymous ID: e7c337 Oct. 23, 2021, 7:44 a.m. No.14841066   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>14841027

>VICE

Vice is defined as "immoral or wicked" - what to expect from a channel with such a name

 

  • How Putin Is Using The Orthodox Church To Build His Power (HBO)

  • The title should have been " How Putin is using his power to build the Orthodox Church "

  • Or: Orthodox church using Putin to build its power