There is a split in Russian society, which is caused by the lack of positive prospects. A member of the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church MP archpriest, Maxim Kozlov, said it on January 27 in the program "New Day" on the TV channel "Spas", commenting on the mass protests that took place on January 23 in more than 120 cities of the Russian Federation and a new surge of protest moods in Russian society as a whole.
According to Fr. Maxim, last Saturday "was an important insight that the solidity of Russian society is largely an illusion." He believes that in Russia "not everyone is happy with the current socio-political climate," Credo.press reports.
The archpriest noted that the mood was affected by the pandemic and related restrictions. But the main thing is the lack of a "clear positive project" for Russia, he explained.
Kozlov believes that this feeling is more acutely experienced by young people. He stressed that people are wondering how it happened that Russia and its citizens found themselves in almost global isolation in recent years.
The representative of the Russian Orthodox Church MP called on supporters of different views not to give in to hatred for each other. He hopes that Russia has not yet reached the threshold after which a peaceful resolution of contradictions will become impossible.
Kozlov's position was supported by Vladimir Legoyda, Head of the Department for Church-Society and media relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, and Bishop Savva (Tutunov), deputy manager of the Moscow Patriarchate's Affairs, RTVI reports.