(Also, Patriarch Kirill revealed as former KGB informant.) Chrissy Stroop, prophetic in 2018, at Foreign Policy, on how and why Putin wants God — or at least the church — on his side. Excerpt: One of the focuses of this renewed Christian imperialist fusion...
Matthew J Milliner, writing at at The Bulwark, on Putin’s “Outright Satanism.” Excerpt: The very day after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of “outright Satanism” in his war-justifying tantrum, I met a Satanist. I was exploring...
The New York Times reports: Russia has targeted Ukrainian medical facilities since the first days of the war, a pattern outlined by a range of international rights organizations. The bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol in the weeks after Russia launched its...
Historian Chris Snow, at Medium, on the Ukraine invasion as a humiliating symptom, and accelerant, of the imploding Russian Empire. Excerpt: Summary and Conclusion For an outside observer, the Russian visit to North Korea is a disgrace and humiliation. The elite,...
Nigerian scholar Akigwe Chidera Aloysius at Quora’s Truth About Russia, user-generated content, 20 ways Putin has damaged the Russian Federation by invading and being stymied by heroic Ukraine: … After Putin invaded Ukraine 🇺🇦, Putin succeeded in 1,...
