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**GogaMegaPis** · 05-06-2010, 03:33 AM

My guess is that your friend is depending on Western "experts" on Russia and on Western news sources. I don't follow international events a lot - but I gotta say even I was shocked at how the West has completely missed and misinterpreted the Russian policies and actions. Try reading and listening to Russian news sources - there are plenty on the internet in English. Yes, in many cases the Church supports the government and the government supports the Church - but that's just because they are on the same page. When they depart from the same page, then the Church is certainly not hindered from speaking out (and she does). I seem to recall that there was something about the conflict in Georgia that the Church criticized the government over. Look at the English language website of the MP or the English language websites of the Russian news agencies.Fr David

This is absolutely right. The western media, especially I can say in England (and I suppose in America), are rabidly anti-Russian and anti-Orthodox. Whilst Russians are disillusioned with Putin - nobody thinks Medvedev is in charge - no one doubts the genuineness of his faith, nor that of President Medvedev's wife who is known to be very devout indeed. But how many western Christian leaders evidence their faith in their policies? The west always applies double standards in respect of Russia.

05-06-2010, 03:33 AM	#11
GogaMegaPis Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 462 Senior Member	My guess is that your friend is depending on Western "experts" on Russia and on Western news sources. I don't follow international events a lot - but I gotta say even I was shocked at how the West has completely missed and misinterpreted the Russian policies and actions. Try reading and listening to Russian news sources - there are plenty on the internet in English. Yes, in many cases the Church supports the government and the government supports the Church - but that's just because they are on the same page. When they depart from the same page, then the Church is certainly not hindered from speaking out (and she does). I seem to recall that there was something about the conflict in Georgia that the Church criticized the government over. Look at the English language website of the MP or the English language websites of the Russian news agencies.Fr David This is absolutely right. The western media, especially I can say in England (and I suppose in America), are rabidly anti-Russian and anti-Orthodox. Whilst Russians are disillusioned with Putin - nobody thinks Medvedev is in charge - no one doubts the genuineness of his faith, nor that of President Medvedev's wife who is known to be very devout indeed. But how many western Christian leaders evidence their faith in their policies? The west always applies double standards in respect of Russia.
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