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In 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimea and initiated a proxy war in the Donbas area of Ukraine, right up until the beginning of the full-fledged war against Ukraine and afterwards, Putin and Patriarch Kirill have used Russian world ideology as a principal justification for the invasion.
Apr 10, 2024 · Kirill’s support for Russia’s brutal behavior—the 2014 annexation of Crimea and the bloody proxy war in eastern Ukraine—had made him a hated figure, and had helped boost support in Kyiv...
Feb 9, 2024 · This image is part of an outdoor art exhibition in central Moscow that urges Russian men to enlist. Moscow Patriarch Kirill, head of the world’s largest Orthodox Christian Church whose clout...
Mar 14, 2022 · VATICAN CITY, March 14 (Reuters) - Russian Patriarch Kirill's full-throated blessing for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has splintered the worldwide Orthodox Church and unleashed an internal...
Apr 19, 2022 · Patriarch Kirill, the powerful leader of the Russian Orthodox Church and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, declared the operation “a responsible decision to use military forces to ...
Jul 28, 2015 · Prince Vladimir - also called Volodymyr - is venerated as a saint in both Russia and Ukraine. By Olga Bugorkova and Natasha Matyukhina. BBC Monitoring. The legacy of a medieval prince has...
Mar 16, 2022 · 12:34 p.m. ET, March 16, 2022. Russia's Patriarch Kirill discusses Ukraine conflict with Pope Francis, according to the Moscow church. From CNN staff. Russia’s Patriarch Kirill...
