The Putin Interviews
2017
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Mar 2, 2022 · March 2, 2022. What does Russian President Vladimir Putin believe about God? That’s a fascinating question the world can’t answer “with any certainty,” according to Mark Tooley, president of The Institute on Religion and Democracy.
Feb 16, 2022 · The Church, for Putin, has a significant and powerful value in forging a strong Russian state. Under Putin, the Church and nationalism are increasingly closely united. The Church serves a powerful role in supporting Putin’s true political ideology – his identity as a gosudarstvennik[xxi] or ‘Statist’.
Feb 27, 2022 · By Peter Smith. Published 6:05 AM PDT, February 27, 2022. Ukraine’s tangled political history with Russia has its counterpart in the religious landscape, with Ukraine’s majority Orthodox Christian population divided between an independent-minded group based in Kyiv and another loyal to its patriarch in Moscow.
To Vladimir Putin, Orthodox Christianity is a tool for asserting Moscow’s rights over sovereign Ukraine. In his February televised address announcing the recent invasion of Ukraine, he...
Jun 5, 2023 · Russia Editor, Moscow. 5 June 2023. Reuters. The Holy Trinity painting is now on display at a cathedral in Moscow, despite its age and fragile state. In Moscow, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour...
Jan 21, 2023 · Putin has also leaned on Christian symbolism and ideology to cement his popularity with the Russian public, and once suggested it was Kirill's own father who secretly baptised him in 1952.
Apr 10, 2024 · Russia, Ukraine, and the Coming Schism in Orthodox Christianity - The Atlantic. May 2024 Issue. Explore. Global. Clash of the Patriarchs. A hard-line Russian bishop backed by the political might of...
