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The World Council of Churches in wartime
The grim future of communion with the Russian Orthodox Church
by Ross M. Allen
I went to the first McDonald’s in Russia for the bathroom
As the Soviet Union crumbled, the West sent French fries.
by Amy Frykholm
The price of gas in a global economy
Our dependence on fossil fuels is filling Vladimir Putin’s war chest.
Is Russia’s war on Ukraine about religion?
The history of Russian and Ukrainian Orthodoxy suggests the answer is complicated.
by John P. Burgess
Rock star Yuri Shevchuk imagines an anti-nationalist Russian democracy
The performances of his band, DDT, are like teach-ins.
A small, courageous protest of Putin
At the World Cup, Pussy Riot opened a window on authoritarianism.
The unexpected relationship between U.S. evangelicals and Russian Orthodox
Under Trump and Putin, a strange alliance gets stranger.
Robbed of victory in Russia
Svetlana Alexievich tells the stories behind Russia's wartime psychology.
by Chris Herlinger
The history and myths that made Russia
How did Russia's longstanding sense of grievance morph into a civil religion?
The fall and rise of Holy Russia
Since the Soviet collapse, Christianity has flourished. This poses its own challenges.
by Philip Jenkins
The Orthodox Church aligns itself closely with the government. Yet its leaders have also offered some help to movements that challenge the status quo.
by Wallace Daniel
The best outcome of the tensions in Ukraine would allow the country to develop its unique role as a bridge between languages and cultures.
Pussy Riot became a cause célèbre for the Russian opposition and its Western supporters. Many Russian Orthodox believers saw things differently.