Putin wants the world to believe Russia is the defender of Christian values. But when your army bombs churches and your priests preach war, what values are left? Can a nation still call itself ...

The Russian Orthodox Church amplifies the state’s voice, using Scripture to justify war and persecution. Those who disagree ...

The so-called Islamic State group and Russia use similar tactics: propaganda, disinformation, and targeted recruitment of ...

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has become a central pillar of the Kremlin’s political and informational warfare strategy, which shapes narratives by fusing ...

Russia paid for Moldovan Orthodox priests to make Moscow pilgrimages and gave them debit cards loaded with hundreds of dollars on their return home. In exchange, priests created Telegram channels to ...

Within the field of Russian religious art, Russian icons hold a singular place within the country’s art historical traditions. First emerging in the 11th century, despite their significance they have ...

The Russian Orthodox Church today is a state-controlled institution, a pillar of Vladimir Putin’s ideological architecture.

Proposals for a national cathedral in the country of about 19 million people had been put forward for more than a century, ...