Conference of European Churches does what WCC wouldn’t — calls Russia’s “holy war” heresy
It effectively becomes first international church body to condemn "Russian world" ideology driving Moscow's war
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Not just monastery: Kremlin uses Orthodox nuns in Estonia to spread imperial ideology
Abbess appointed by Patriarch Kirill accused of echoing Russian state propaganda on European religious persecution.
Errol Musk attends Kremlin-backed event in Moscow, praises Putin and spreads Russian propaganda
The remarks by Elon Musk's father repeated Russian false narratives on Ukrainian biolabs and alleged oppression of Russian-speakers.
Ukraine’s contested cultural ban strikes at the heart of Putin’s imperial strategy
Ukraine's cultural blockade of Russian art is more than wartime nationalism —it’s a frontline defense against Putin’s "Russian world" colonial ideology.
Is Ukraine banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church?
Unexpectedly, some within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church welcome the new law, seeing it as leverage to force their leadership to fully break from Moscow.
“Not about banning.” Theologian unpacks Ukraine’s new anti-Russian church law
Ukraine's religious landscape faces a seismic shift with new legislation, but it's not the blanket ban many expect. A theological expert unpacks the law's true nature and potential outcomes.
Theologian: Russian Church goes full Nazi with “holy war” on Ukraine
Patriarch Kirill's "decree" blessing Russia's Ukraine invasion brims with "sacred mission" rhetoric from the times of Nazi aggression – yet church leaders worldwide remain deafeningly silent, says Cyril Hovorun
ISW: Russia using nationalist sentiments to drive wedges between Ukraine and its western neighbors
Russia appears to be fueling and seizing on neo-imperialist and nationalist sentiments in Europe in order to drive…
Russia’s soft power empire pivots to Global South
Faced with mounting obstacles across Europe, Russia's soft power juggernaut churns into high gear in Africa, Latin America, and India
Anatomy of treason: how the Ukrainian Orthodox Church sold its soul to the “Russian world”
Church matters are heating up in Ukraine. After years of getting priority treatment from the government, the Ukrainian…
Russian Orthodox Church shares responsibility for Russia’s aggression – Ecumenical Patriarch
"The Church and the State leadership in Russia cooperated in the crime of aggression, and share the responsibility…
Media unveil strategy of Putin’s fifth reelection campaign
Russian world out, guardian of traditional values -- in. The Russian Presidential Administration's political bloc has reportedly formulated…
Ukraine edges closer to banning Moscow-backed Orthodox Church
Ukraine has moved closer to banning the Moscow-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church after a series of Security Service raids…
Getting killed in Ukraine washes away all sins, Russian patriarch tells invading army
Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill has de-facto blessed Russian soldiers to die in Ukraine, promising them…
Russian World: the heresy driving Putin’s war
A recently-signed declaration of theologians condemns the teaching of the Russian World. What is this Russian World? Is…
Russia’s Tatarstan to have a Muslim holiday in memory of those who fell fighting Ivan the Terrible in 1552
With the weakening and then collapse of the Soviet empire, Tatar activists began to mark the event with…
Europe fails to see Moscow using economics as a weapon not only against the former Soviet states but against it as well, Tsybulenko says
“In contrast to the countries of the West which are led by the principle, ‘politics is the concentrated…
Putin’s ‘Russian world’ continues to contract
Despite Vladimir Putin’s aggressive Russification program at home and his promotion of the Russian language abroad, the Kremlin…
Putin’s ‘Russian world’ rapidly contracting in Ukraine and elsewhere, Sokolov says
The reason that the Kremlin and the Moscow Patriarchate are so alarmed by the prospect of an independent…
More than half of all non-Kazakhs in Kazakhstan now speak Kazakh, Astana says
Artystanbek Mukhamediuly, Kazakhtan’s culture and sports minister, says that 83.1 percent of the population of his country now…