I think that building new churches (they even call them быстровозводимые - quick construction churches; what a cheep, fastfood-ish approach!) is part of forcing religion upon people by the state.
In some cases people are actively protesting against it (for example, in several Moscow districts).
I support restoration and preservation of old (pre-1917) churches, though.
There are so many church ruins in Russia! One would better travel to these sites and grow in faith through some hardships of travel (say, five hours on Mercedes bus with air conditioning ), than go to church every day as if to local pub.


Here is one more example of too close ties between the state and the church. Our rockets crash, but they are blessed now. What an improvement! What a shame...