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In Moscow's Shadows 99: All Hail the Tsar? Why Putinism has suffered from becoming monarchical

In Moscow's Shadows

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The Kremlin's Control of the Church

The Kremlin puts a lot of effort into making sure that the narrative is the right kind of narrative, says Alexei Kudryavtsev. People like Demi Thrikisoyov and the execrable Salaviov are in effect not just propagandists but priests of the new cult of Putin, he adds. The church has become little more than an extension of the state - we should be calling it Rossobog, the federal state's unitary entity God, according to Kudrya.

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