MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday condemned a move by Ukraine to ban a Moscow-linked branch of the Orthodox Church, describing it as an attack on Christianity and a blow to freedom of religion.
^ Which is a load of BS. Ukrainians are still free to worship at the IOC. Fuck russian spies hiding behind religion for credibility.
Yeah, Kremlin urges 'Freedom of Religion' in the headline. Sure. Let's ignore those comedians for a while. Soon they'll find out Russian manly soldiers are perfect against civilians and not against other military forces. /s
right, but like, what does banning a church look like? are you expelling the clergy, or just arresting them if they practice? are you seizing property?
You don't get to control a church via the state and then complain when another country says that church is controlled by your state and is a threat to national security, especially not when that another country tried to be nice about it for 2, 10, or 15 years depending on how you want to think of this conflict.