Paul Goble: Russian Orthodox church in Belarus training fighters for Russian world in special camps
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic at the Novov-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Oct. 29, 2015.
Moscow may or may not get the airbase it wants in Belarus, but the Russian Orthodox Church is training young people in that country in special “military-patriotic” clubs for young people to be fighters for Russia and the Russian world, and these groups may be an even greater threat to Mensk than a base would be.
