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Russian Christians fearful after assassination - C C - Mar 4, 2015
https://www.mnnonline.org/news/russian-christians-fearful-after-assassination/
EXCERPT: [...] Project manager for Mission Eurasia Wade Kusack says there’s a new political atmosphere. “In this atmosphere of hatred and nationalism, anything can be done to people with a different point of view, and basically that’s what happened to Boris Nemtsov. He was assassinated.”
Kusack says this has been propagated by the government. “The propaganda machine is very strong in Russia.”
What about Christians? Kusack says Christians are a part of the propaganda. “Religious minorities, including evangelicals, are more and more isolated and blamed for hardships that Russia is going through. They’re named not only as sectarian, but also as spies....”