TOP 5 cases when you pay for the luxurious life of Patriarch Gundyaev

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Russia is a secular state in which the church is separated into an independent institution. Patriarch Gundyaev has only to pay for yachts, airplanes and other joys of life. Here are 5 egregious examples when the church is chic at the expense of the budget, while we are talking about one single functionary - the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

1. Helicopters

In July, Russia marks 100 years since the tragic death of the royal family and the last Russian emperor Nicholas II. In Yekaterinburg, where the Romanovs spent their last days, memorable events will be held. The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia will also visit them Kirill, in the world Vladimir Gundyaev … This is not surprising, another fact is surprising - the authorities of the Sverdlovsk region announced a competition for the transportation of a clergyman, placing an order for helicopters on the government procurement website. The costs of moving Gundyaev are stipulated in the amount of almost 6 million rubles. The order went to UTair at the maximum price as the sole supplier.

The average salary of a resident of the Sverdlovsk region is 34 thousand rubles, the real one is even less. It turns out that 164 salaries of ordinary taxpayers are spent on transporting Kirill, among whom there are probably atheists who paid tax to the secular state and did not expect that their money would be spent on transporting the head of the church."

2. Yachts

The black yacht "Pallada" with tinted windows, with Russian coats of arms on the sides and a tricolor at the stern is moored at the Nikolsky skete of the Valaam archipelago. Not far from here is the Valaam residence of the Patriarch. A private pier has been built for Pallada. This vessel is used by Patriarch Kirill to receive important guests and his own travels - in September last year, for example, His Holiness made a voyage along the Volga on the Pallas.

Inside, there are luxurious beds and furniture made of expensive sorts of wood. The cost of the yacht is from 250 to 430 million rubles. It is worth making a reservation - the church did not buy Pallada, the yacht was donated by Lukoil in 2015. However, in addition to his official one, Gundyaev also has a personal yacht "Azimut" - for 600 thousand dollars (38 million rubles). On "Azimut" he came to Ples in 2015, where for the sake of the patriarch's peace of mind, a whole bicycle music was canceled. A church minister ranting about modesty and a personal yacht are a clear dissonance.

3. Aircraft

For official visits, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church is allocated an Il-96300 aircraft from the Rossiya special flight detachment, which serves the country's top leadership, once again, of a secular state. The plane is on the balance sheet of the state and is supported by the budget, and when it carries the patriarch, it spends budget funds for other purposes.

For example, Patriarch Kirill flew to Cuba to meet with the Pope. Only kerosene this trip burned for 8 million rubles. RBC calculated that the patriarch's two business trips (to Latin America and Antarctica), in which he was first accompanied by 100 and then 30 people, cost the budget 21 million rubles. And how many such trips will there be in a year?

4. Security

For some reason, the head of the church separated from the state is guarded by the FSO - a state structure.

5. Machines

For not very long trips, the patriarch uses business class cars with flashing lights.

According to the press secretary of the patriarch, priest Alexander Volkov, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill in the future will be able to use cars of the "Cortege" project for travel.

Gundyaev himself in 2012, when his press service disgraced himself with "photoshopped" photographs in which he tried to cover up an expensive watch on the patriarch's hand, said that he had to drive expensive cars because of his status, and as a specially protected person could not afford lower class cars.

Logically, Vladimir Gundyaev contracted to serve God, and the Lord himself must provide conditions for faithful "service": food, housing, transport, why is the money collected by the state from the slaves of God used for these purposes?