Deacon Andrei Kuraev

There's an attempt by Patriarch Kirill to offer himself to the state and to the Kremlin as a faithful pillar, a faithful ally. There is an illusion in the Kremlin that they can use this ally to promote the correct electoral behavior, i am against this political union.

Deacon Andrei Kuraev

The church is being perceived as an enforcement agency ... a ministry which has the right to arrest people. And this is very bad.

Deacon Andrei Kuraev