
Putin Accuses ‘Ethnic Jews’ of Tearing Russian Orthodox Church Apart
Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a marathon press conference on Thursday that “godless people” who happen to be “ethnic Jews” are tearing apart the Russian Orthodox Church. WATCH — Russian President Putin: Ukraine ruled by “Godless people.”
“They’re ethnic Jews, but has anyone seen them in a synagogue? The Islams don’t follow Islam… we don’t see them at mosques. They don’t cherish what we/most Ukrainian people cherish.”
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Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Putin made the allegation during his lengthy annual press conference ahead of the New Year, which lasted four hours on Thursday. In the middle of of the event, Putin addressed punitive actions against the Russian Orthodox Church elsewhere in Europe. The church is considered to be closely tied to Putin’s regime, and its leaders have been expelled from countries such as Bulgaria and Estonia.
Putin said the church was “being tortured” — and blamed Jews.
“They’re tearing the church apart but they’re not even atheists,” Putin said. “These are people without any beliefs, godless people, they’re ethnic Jews, but has anyone seen them in a synagogue? I don’t think so.”
After adding that the alleged opponents of the church were also neither Orthodox Christian nor Muslim, he added, “These are people without kin or memory, with no roots. They don’t cherish what we cherish and the majority of the Ukrainian people cherish as well.”
“They won’t go to Church, they will go to the beach,” Putin added.
The Russian leader attracted similar controversy in the past for stating that “up to 80-85% of the first Soviet government members were Jews.”
‘80 – 85% of the 1st Bolshevik Government Members Were Jews.’
– Vladimir Putin
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