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Ideological Pillow and Strategic Partner: The Russian Orthodox Church and the War
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Abstract On 21 February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin made unmistakably clear what many in the region had feared for months: He would take Ukraine by force of arms. One of the reasons he gave in his speech was that the Ukrainian government was systematically persecuting and oppressing Russian-speaki... view more
On 21 February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin made unmistakably clear what many in the region had feared for months: He would take Ukraine by force of arms. One of the reasons he gave in his speech was that the Ukrainian government was systematically persecuting and oppressing Russian-speaking and Russian Orthodox people. Putin thus appropriated Orthodox believers in Ukraine as part of his narrative of the Russian sphere of influence threatened by the West. Why does religion play such an important role in this war? And why can Orthodoxy not be expected to play a peacemaking role therein?... view less
Keywords
Russia; Ukraine; war; Orthodox Church
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 2-4
Journal
Russian Analytical Digest (2022) 286
Issue topic
War and Church
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000576071
ISSN
1863-0421
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0