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President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine has triggered many unintended consequences — from prodding Sweden and Finland to join NATO to turning Russia into a pariah state. And now to the list can be added the wrecking of the Moscow-tied Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), once a useful Kremlin tool of influence.
“… they don’t have many areas where they can cut the budget without having an impact on the military or the social stability you now see in Russia,”
“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is barbaric….”
“That is why Russia will lose, sooner or later.”
I am told that a church that for decades was under the rule of the KGB apparently has continued to be corrupted by the rule of Putin’s thugs.
“Russia and the places that have remained in its orbit like Belarus and Transnistria remain dismal and oppressive.”
“In both cases, it foments a contrarianism that is perhaps most visible on issues where there is a rare national consensus, such as support for Ukraine.”
“Set during a merciless war, late in the reign of an isolated, ailing, deluded autocrat, it is the story of the rise and fall of an imperial favorite.”
“…no avoiding the fact that some of the deepest fissures and anxieties in the Russian leadership had been exposed.”
“You have to accept the new rules of having no rules at all in Russia.”
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