Politico Magazine, last October, reported: The war has made the Orthodox church a force for national unity. Where will it go from here? KYIV, Ukraine — One Friday afternoon in late July, on the bank of Kyiv’s Lake Jordan, more than 400 Ukrainians gathered to celebrate...
The Daily Beast reports on what it calls Russia’s dumbest propaganda fail since the invasion of Ukraine. Excerpt: Russia’s Foreign Ministry has created what may go down in history as their worst propaganda fail since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine kicked...
Nina Shea at The National Review (full article paywalled) observes: The thoroughly politicized Moscow Orthodox Patriarchate has been instrumental in supporting Russia’s unjust war. Just before Christmas, the Ukrainian government added Orthodox patriarch Kirill of...
Wallace Lee at Quora reveals Russia’s military weakness and effort to gaslight the West into withdrawing aid to Ukraine. Excerpt: Since Putin can’t win his war in Ukraine, Putin’s one and only objective in this war is to persuade the west that helping Ukraine...
Vox reports that Putin’s proposed Christmas “cease fire” was a cynical propaganda exercise. Excerpt: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a 36-hour unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine, timed for the Orthodox Christmas, a move that at least one...
