The Putin Interviews
2017
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With religious rhetoric, Putin taps into a long tradition that imagines a Greater Russia extending across present-day Ukraine and Belarus, in a combined territory known as Holy Rus’. Nostalgic...
Putin with religious leaders of Russia, February 2001. Putin regularly attends the most important services of the Russian Orthodox Church on the main holy days and has established a good relationship with Patriarchs of the Russian Church, the late Alexy II of Moscow and the current Kirill of Moscow.
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Mar 17, 2022 · Putin’s claim reflects a commonly held interpretation of the history of Orthodox Christianity in Russia. According to this view, Russians and Ukrainians are one people who originate from the same Christian kingdom that came into being in the 10th century.
Mar 19, 2022 · President Vladimir Putin has led ceremonies launching a large statue outside the Kremlin to a 10th-century prince of Kiev who is credited with making Orthodox Christianity the official faith of...
Oct 19, 2017 · Putin and the ‘triumph of Christianity’ in Russia. The rise of the Orthodox Church in Russia appears unstoppable, write filmmakers Glenn Ellis and Viktoryia Kolchyna who went to investigate the...
May 21, 2022 · The leader of about 100 million faithful, Kirill, 75, has staked the fortunes of his branch of Orthodox Christianity on a close and mutually beneficial alliance with Mr. Putin, offering him...
