Is the Russian-Ukrainian conflict a religious war?

The Russian Orthodox Church has been strongly pro-Putin, calling his rule a “miracle of God.”  Russian Patriarch Kirill publicly blessed the Russian invasion of Ukraine and promised forgiveness of sin to Russian soldiers who died in the war.  Putin views the invasion as a religious imperative. In a 2021 article published on the Kremlin’s official […]

Mr. Putin Goes to Tehran

Iran and Russia further bind their ties—one an authoritarian regime claiming Divine sanction, the other an authoritarian regime promoting nationalist chauvinism, both of them sworn enemies of Western democracy.