A Step At A Time quotes [1] an RFE/RL piece on the adoption by the Russian Orthodox Church of its Basic Principles on Human Dignity, Freedom, and Rights [2]. One of its authors, Eurasianist Aleksandr Dugin, argues that the 1948 UN Human Rights declaration should be reexamined. Western HR-values should be replaced by Orthodox principles, according to Dugin.
Russia: Orthodox Instead of Universal Values?
· Written by Vilhelm Konnander
Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Human Rights, International Relations, Politics, Religion