> Russian Orthodox church today is openly run by russian state officials, military, police, fsb members, etc.
Official state churches are part of the state.
> They are also openly supporting invasion of Ukraine as a kind of "holy war".
What about a holy war to bring democracy and freedom to ukraine. Would that make it better?
> The russian word for "non-government organization" is "foreign agent".
It's everyone's word for NGOs. Haven't we been attacking chinese 'ngos' as being 'foreign agents'? It isn't a secret that we've been using NGOs as intelligence fronts for a very long time. What do you think NGOs exist to do? Provide aid? Help foreign countries?
Official state churches are part of the state.
> They are also openly supporting invasion of Ukraine as a kind of "holy war".
What about a holy war to bring democracy and freedom to ukraine. Would that make it better?
> The russian word for "non-government organization" is "foreign agent".
It's everyone's word for NGOs. Haven't we been attacking chinese 'ngos' as being 'foreign agents'? It isn't a secret that we've been using NGOs as intelligence fronts for a very long time. What do you think NGOs exist to do? Provide aid? Help foreign countries?