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Russia: Orthodox Instead of Universal Values?

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Human Rights, International Relations, Politics, Religion

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.