Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements comparing Christianity to communism have caused some controversy.
“Faith has always accompanied us, it strengthened when our country, our people faced particularly difficult times,” Putin said in an interview for the documentary film “Valaam,” a clip from which was broadcast by the Russia 1 TV channel.
“There were such severe years of militant atheism [during the Soviet period] when priests were killed, churches were destroyed. But at the same time, a new religion was being created — Communist ideology, which is very similar to Christianity, in fact. Freedom, equality, brotherhood, justice — all of this is enshrined in the Holy Scripture, it’s all there. And what about the Code of the Builders of Communism? This is a sublimation, it’s really just a primitive excerpt from the Bible, nothing new was invented,” the president said.

sources: sputniknews.com