Society
It seems that the Russian state is preparing to get tough on various hardline, fringe followers of the Orthodox Church. Columnists in the opposition media and panic-stricken citizens on social media have already dubbed these Russian citizens “Orthodox extremists” or “new fundamentalists” Alexander Kalinin, for instance, the leader of the “Christian State – Holy Rus” group, has been detained. He faces charges of “compulsion to complete a transaction or to refuse to complete it under threat (…)”. If we translate …read more
Source: Intersection