KAVANAUGH, CHRISTIANS, OIL AND GAS

The strategy of “courting conservative American groups served a double purpose: It increased Russian influence in America while perpetuating Putin’s new image as a defender of conservative ideals,” writes James Lamond, a senior policy adviser at the Center for American Progress, in his visionary article <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/reports/2018/10/03/458841/origins-russias-broad-political-assault-united-states/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">“The Origins of Russia’s Broad Political Assault on the United States”</a> in Center for American Progress. The lack of transparency, rigid beliefs and the missionary mentality of religious groups make them vulnerable to covert and overt manipulations. The current government of the Russian Federation consists of the individuals who came of age and made their careers under the USSR. The majority of the leaders were members of the Communist parties and grew up in a society that made an atheism a religion. Their interest in religion is pragmatic. <a href="https://zarinazabrisky.medium.com/kavanaugh-christians-oil-and-gas-77f711230ae9">Website</a>