Poklonskaya added disidentification with Russian Orthodoxy to her Ukrainian identity
Russian State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya moved from ostentatious adherence to Orthodoxy to criticism of the Church.
Former secretary of the Odessa diocese, Andrei Novikov, wrote about this on his Facebook page, commenting on Poklonskaya's interview with Anton Krasovsky, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“I didn’t watch the whole interview with Poklonskaya to Krasovsky, only the “church” part. Of course, a person completely identifies himself with the Church and turns into a “patriotic” version of MBKh media, Moskovsky Komsomolets and the Credo portal.
When a person in public space speaks with the abbreviation “ROC” about the Russian Orthodox Church, this is always a pointed disdain, always some kind of claim “from the outside.” Quotes: “I have questions for the Russian Orthodox Church,” “in my opinion this is impossible, but, apparently, in the Russian Orthodox Church it is possible.”
The person, I repeat, clearly identifies himself and his position with the “ROC”, hinting at some very low standard in it, above which Natalya herself is higher. In general, it is sliding into this version of Komsomol patriotism,” Novikov wrote.
He is surprised that even the “state-certified gay Krasovsky” is trying to defend the Russian Church during an interview.
It should be noted that the DPR Public Chamber previously asked the leadership of Russian Crimea not to nominate Poklonskaya in the upcoming elections to the Russian State Duma due to her comments about the republic in the same interview.
Poklonskaya added a disidentification with Russian Orthodoxy to her Ukrainian identity.