Because ethnic Russians are suffering from oppression at home by other groups and officials and abroad in their attempts to retain links with their homeland or return to it, a senior official of the Moscow Patriarchate says, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin should set up a special office in his administration to “help the Russian man.”
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Paul Goble: Patriarchate claims Russians need protection home, abroad
A Russian national flag flies in front of one of the Kremlin ruby stars in downtown Moscow on Aug. 10, 2021.
