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cgod  ·  3558 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead

The current Patriarch was closely associated with the KGB, that's why he was allowed to become Patriarch. Orthodox church had to be very cooperative to stay in business back in the day and the top brass now is little more than a branch of the security apparatus.