A spokesman for Russia's Orthodox Church believes that his country has a mission in the world: to stop "the American project," according to comments carried by Russian media. Russia has a history of stopping various "projects" through the centuries, spokesman Vsevolod Chaplin told an online conference, Interfax reported on Dec. 25.
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The Moscow Times: Church spokesman says Russia has messianic mission to stop ‘American project’
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, left, at the Red Square as they go to place flowers at a statue of Minin and Pozharsky, the leaders of a struggle against foreign invaders in 1612.
