How US Evangelicals Fueled the Rise of Russia’s ‘Pro-Family’ Right
An alliance is born between anti-gay, anti-abortion American groups and the Russian Orthodox Church. 😐 thenation.com/article/how-us…
An alliance is born between anti-gay, anti-abortion American groups and the Russian Orthodox Church. 😐 thenation.com/article/how-us…
PENCE MEETS WITH ONE OF PUTIN’S TOP CLERICS: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS AT BGEA’S WORLD SUMMIT IN DEFENSE OF PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS religiondispatches.org/pence-meets-wi…
Russians may have hacked conservative foundation: Report 05/05/17 Russia was apparently behind a hack of the conservative Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation's servers 🤔 washingtonexaminer.com/russians-may-h…
From source/1st tweet in thread👉 1) Alfeyev’s first trip to the US paved the way for others, and in October 2012 he delivered a lecture at Villanova University, where he received an honorary degree and paid a visit to the Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
2) One of the largest donor organizations of its kind in the United States, the Bradley Foundation, with more than $600 million in assets, is known for its contributions to US conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation and the Heartland Institute.
3)But its charity isn’t limited to home: over the last four years,the foundation has given $750,000 to the St. Gregory the Theologian Charity Foundation in Moscow,a new educational and cultural initiative founded in 2009 by Alfeyev, Russian billionaire and pharmaceutical magnate-
4)-Vadim Yakunin, and Leonid Sevastianov, a 35-year-old international business consultant and head of Stratinvest.ru, a consulting and public relations firm. In 2009, through Alfeyev’s charity, the Bradley Foundation donated $150,000 to support the “Day of the Family,” -
5)a recently created Russian holiday honoring faith and fidelity. The annual event has been championed by Svetlana Medvedeva, wife of Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, a staunch anti-abortion advocate.
