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I would guess that they are 'brutal' (your word) towards evangelical religions, which does make sense if they want to protect their culture that is linked to the Russian Orthodox church. I don't imagine they are 'brutal' towards Buddhism, for example, which isn't evangelical (i.e. doesn't send out missionaries and only teaches its religion to those who express an interest by themselves).

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I lived in Ulan Ude, a predominantly Buddhist town and province of Russia near Lake Baikal. Lots of people, when asked their faith, would say "shamanism". But that was a cultural hint and misnomer. People would practice their religion out in the woods or travel to the large Buddhist temple outside of town because most public officials and the Russian Orthodox church did not allow for Buddhism practices in town.

When I was in Omsk I listened to a man testify that the Russian Orthodox church was good because Father Oleg the local priest had a man killed because he was trying to collect a debt on a member of the church.

> because most public officials and the Russian Orthodox church did not allow for Buddhism practices in town

This is total bs. For one, it is always super fun to see how slavic-supremacist types get butthurt over being unable to do anything about religious holidays of other ethnicities.

And look, you've even ad-hoc'ed a dark unrelated anecdote. Pushing agenda much?

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