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haele

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8. Not going to happen. ROC head Kyrill sees this as a battle against the Satanic West.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Apr 10, 2022, 07:16 PM

Apr 2022

And Putin is counting on the Russian Orthodox Church to validate his position and keep Russian peasants in line.

Kyrill is former KGB, as was his predecessor. The ROC was always entwined with Russian and Soviet government s.

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