People’s choice of Putin is wise – Russian Orthodox Church
Moscow, March 5, Interfax – The Moscow Patriarchate supports the choice the majority of Russians made in favor of Vladimir Putin in the March 4 election.
“The choice of the majority of people is obvious; this is a display of wisdom, seriousness and true care for the country and one’s near. Our people are not senseless cattle as some might like to present it,” Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations, told the Interfax-Religion on Monday.
“People are highly sensitive to the developments, they can see all the dangers and can sense the truth and the lies. People understand the historic chance given to Russia and how easily it may be missed under the influence of puppet masters who do not wish well to the country,” he said.
Russia had bright prospects in the beginning of 1917 but that chance was missed, he said.
“We have impressive achievements now and our own mission in world history. We must avoid revolutions and take the path of peaceful and responsible development in order to accomplish this mission. We chose that path again now,” he said.
The piest was glad “that the division of elites was avoided and the people and the best part of the authorities understood each other.”
“The transition of power from one chief of state to another is done peacefully, morally and it is necessary to give credit to the incumbent president, his patience, wisdom and nobleness. May God help the president elect. The might of this personality is obvious, the same as people’s confidence unprecedented by its duration in the history of the Russian people’s rule,” he said.
