Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expanded war in Ukraine and his increasing repression at home are claiming another victim: the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (ROC-MP). This is occurring both within the Russian Federation and in the former Soviet space, where the Moscow church formerly ruled in an unchallenged way. The process within Russia...
Baltics and Ukraine move to reduce Russian orthodoxy to smaller national church
By Paul Goble / Eurasia Daily Monitor6 Mins Read