Across Russian-occupied Ukraine, Kremlin troops have shuttered places of worship since the first invasion began in 2014.

Congressionally Chartered. Scholarship Driven. Fiercely Nonpartisan.

The anti-abortion movement is on the rise in Russia, and the Kremlin is responding by changing the law to make terminations more difficult.

As part of an ongoing propaganda campaign, the deputy head of the Main Political ... bishops under Moscow's control. This happened as the authorities claimed that the Orthodox Church of Ukraine ...

But even so, the formerly pro-Russian Ukrainian Orthodox Church ... Moscow-appointed officials in occupied regions and spreading Russian propaganda, Ukraine’s Security Service, the main ...

Before the cathedral ritual, Putin attended the church of St. George the Victorious with veterans of the Ukraine conflict, at Moscow's Poklonnaya Hill war memorial complex. Ukraine, which has had ...

The meeting at a Christmas service at the Church of St. George the Victorious on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow came as the church and its followers celebrated Christmas. Putin extended Christmas ...