Patriarch Kirill considers collapse of the USSR a decay of historical Russia

Moscow, November 15, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes collapse of the Soviet Union was a negative event. “This year we recall the 20th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s collapse. In this connection I prefer to speak about collapse of historical Russia,” the Patriarch said at a mutual session of the guardian, supervisory and public councils of the church and scientific center Pravoslavnaya Encyclopedia taking the floor after the State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov.