Pekka Kallioniemi<p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> claims to be the last bastion of <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> tradition, but its history tells a different story. For decades, it has <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/persecuted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>persecuted</span></a> religious groups, tortured, imprisoned and murdered <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/clergymen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clergymen</span></a>, bombed churches, and used the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Orthodox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orthodox</span></a> Church as a state tool.</p><p>3/22</p>