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By Boris Kagalitsky ( Znet )
When discussing a scandal in Russia, the first question people are tempted to ask is, "Who ordered it?" The case against the female punk group Pussy Riot is a good example.
Speculation is rife over who might have stood behind the young women, and the list of possible suspects has grown out of proportion. Some contend that foreign intelligence services conspired to discredit Russia, while others say the musicians could not have just walked into Christ the Savior Cathedral, indicating that Patriarch Kirill or the Kremlin was behind it.
Kremlin supporters have accused the opposition of baiting the Russian Orthodox hierarchy into undermining the moral foundations of the state, while cynics say the presidential administration itself ordered the whole thing as a smokescreen for its own misdeeds.