How Moscow Uses the Russian Orthodox Church as a Tool to Suppress Religious Freedom

Equating political dissent with heresy has become a central tactic of the Russian state, allowing it to silence opposition and enforce ideological conformity based on an orthodoxy of the Russian church and the “Russkiy Mir.” These efforts are not limited to the geographic borders of Russia.

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