thank you Cemil for all your vocal support of us Ukrainians, it is really precious to have a very well articulated voice that is for Ukraine but not Ukrainian himself and therefore can't be easily dismissed as biased
the guy from Deepleftanalysis is under erroneous impression that russian church is a real church and not a department of FSB, completely at the service of the russian state
and such subservience of this so called church is not a recent phenomenon, it was always so
Peter I established the Holy Synod in 1721 and it was in fact a ministry of religious affairs, the russian orthodox church became a part of russian government, there was no patriarch, the head of the church was essentialy the tsar ruling via so called over procurator of the most holy synod who was secular person appointed by tsar
The last time russian ortodox church was in some kind of opposition to tsar was during Ivan the Terrible, when Philipp, metropolitan of moskow refused to bless the tsar because of his massacres, for which he was deposed and strangled
Bolsheviks had a revolutionary organization, they openly pronounced their aim to seize the political power and they were working towards this goal. The current russian emigration doesn't have anything like this they are a bunch of unscrupulous grifters and grant seekers, their aim is to have a cozy life on some western grant money, they are not revolutionaries
when their leaders were asked recently how they plan to get to power they calmly revealed that there is no plan, their plan is to drift with the flow of donor money and to ensure this flow is not withered they engage in the aimless stunts like the recent one in Berlin
I have close relationships with Russian opponents of Putin, so I don't use such harsh language, but Cemil did make me more cynical about the prospect of a Russian turnaround in this way. I was perhaps too optimistic.
That patronizing snort & nasal tone still echoing in my ears … Chilling …
How fascinating that you know intelligent russianns ! But not intelligent Ukrainians who are innovating AI & defense systems that westerners are learning from?
Sounds statistically improbable at this moment…
How do you not mention the centuries-old virulent hatred & incessant annihilation of Ukraine’s culture when discussing russiaan culture?
The omission is so blatantly contrived…The drive to destroy other cultures is what powers the russiaan ‘soul’ no matter where its body moves…
With all due respect, I am a bit surprised at your criticism here. He is clearly pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian, as is evident in our conversation and also in his publications.
I understand that you are angry. And I sympathize. We're all angry at what Russians are doing to Ukrainians -- all those savage crimes and evil they are committing, and at how the West is still lackluster in helping Ukraine. But in this case your outrage seems misplaced.
You seriously need to get out of your "contrarian" bubble. The claims you are spouting here are equivalent to "Sun revolves around the Earth", 1+1=5 and the like.
thank you Cemil for all your vocal support of us Ukrainians, it is really precious to have a very well articulated voice that is for Ukraine but not Ukrainian himself and therefore can't be easily dismissed as biased
the guy from Deepleftanalysis is under erroneous impression that russian church is a real church and not a department of FSB, completely at the service of the russian state
and such subservience of this so called church is not a recent phenomenon, it was always so
The Russian church was not subservient to the Tsar in 1917. I do think the church today is fairly subservient to Putin.
It was completely ruled by tsars before 1917
Peter I established the Holy Synod in 1721 and it was in fact a ministry of religious affairs, the russian orthodox church became a part of russian government, there was no patriarch, the head of the church was essentialy the tsar ruling via so called over procurator of the most holy synod who was secular person appointed by tsar
The last time russian ortodox church was in some kind of opposition to tsar was during Ivan the Terrible, when Philipp, metropolitan of moskow refused to bless the tsar because of his massacres, for which he was deposed and strangled
Bolsheviks had a revolutionary organization, they openly pronounced their aim to seize the political power and they were working towards this goal. The current russian emigration doesn't have anything like this they are a bunch of unscrupulous grifters and grant seekers, their aim is to have a cozy life on some western grant money, they are not revolutionaries
when their leaders were asked recently how they plan to get to power they calmly revealed that there is no plan, their plan is to drift with the flow of donor money and to ensure this flow is not withered they engage in the aimless stunts like the recent one in Berlin
I have close relationships with Russian opponents of Putin, so I don't use such harsh language, but Cemil did make me more cynical about the prospect of a Russian turnaround in this way. I was perhaps too optimistic.
That patronizing snort & nasal tone still echoing in my ears … Chilling …
How fascinating that you know intelligent russianns ! But not intelligent Ukrainians who are innovating AI & defense systems that westerners are learning from?
Sounds statistically improbable at this moment…
How do you not mention the centuries-old virulent hatred & incessant annihilation of Ukraine’s culture when discussing russiaan culture?
The omission is so blatantly contrived…The drive to destroy other cultures is what powers the russiaan ‘soul’ no matter where its body moves…
With all due respect, I am a bit surprised at your criticism here. He is clearly pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian, as is evident in our conversation and also in his publications.
I understand that you are angry. And I sympathize. We're all angry at what Russians are doing to Ukrainians -- all those savage crimes and evil they are committing, and at how the West is still lackluster in helping Ukraine. But in this case your outrage seems misplaced.
Regards
Ok, I'm anti-Ukraine now.
Laughing about people dying …?
And expecting him to say it?
How do you not get emotional about slaughter ?
How? Please explain ….
Because I'm not a hysterical neurotic.
Nobody fears Russia anymore ,it‘s a failed state with some nukes that is Chinas lapdog.
You seriously need to get out of your "contrarian" bubble. The claims you are spouting here are equivalent to "Sun revolves around the Earth", 1+1=5 and the like.
Which means you are contrarian. Why don’t you support the West? Aren’t you white? Aren’t you from the West? Why don’t you support your own?