Putin's fingers are not only present in the elections of the western democracies it is also present in the Orthodox Church. Putin has a close friend in Kirill, Patriarch of the Russian Church. Kirill no doubt does whatever Putin wants him to do.
The Russian Patriarch's influence over the churches of Bulgaria and Georgia caused their no show at The Great and Holy Council gathering last June on Crete. At the daily news conference at the end of each day the lead Russian reporter tried essentially to disrupt the proceedings by trying to insinuate the meetings were not valid because of the absence of the Russian, Bulgarian and Romanian churches. She was obviously sent there with an agenda. She spoke perfect English without a trace of an Russian accent. I was part of the Ecumenical Patriarch's official documentary video crew. I was there for seventeen days so was at every news conference and was able to observe her activities. She constantly interrupted the council representative and was just plain rude. She even made an accusation on twitter that my producer was a CIA agent. She later retracted the tweet.
Putin has a concerted effort on all fronts to discredit anything political going on in the west including using religion.
My disclaimer, I am an Atheist and in no way other than employed as a freelance videographer involved with the church. I am however a fan of the Ecumenical Patriarch and his message of peace and love.
If these psudo-Christians like Pence and Graham are involved with anyone from the Russian church it shows the Russians are there at Putin's insistence. Pence and Graham, are fools and they have a dream of a United States run by a Christo-fascist dictatorship modeled along the lines of Putin's relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church.
We need to stay aware.
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