@Lars. It’s always interesting to see a decline in religious avenues, but this one is not that, so what is it? Is Putin aiming for an atheist state? I very much doubt it, the Orthodox Church is pretty powerful over there. Is he aiming for a single state religion? Seems a bit more likely. Then we get to why?
Perhaps once he is operating in a single state religion, he can present himself as the holy disciple, moving gradually to a North Korea style of rulership?
