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In a world quick to take sides, there's a need for deep understanding, underscoring the importance of balanced perspectives in seeking lasting peace and justice in a region torn by decades of strife. By Andrew Hamilton

In a world quick to take sides, there's a need for deep understanding, underscoring the importance of balanced perspectives in seeking lasting peace and justice in a region torn by decades of strife. By Andrew Hamilton

Commentators across the political spectrum ponder the broader implications of EU sanctions on the future of Europe. (Hungarian press roundup by budapost.eu)

Commentators across the political spectrum ponder the broader implications of EU sanctions on the future of Europe.

Patriarch Kirill I has provided spiritual cover for the invasion of Ukraine, reaping vast resources for his church in return. Now, in an extraordinary step, the E.U. is threatening him with sanctions.

Are condemning the war and have ceased recognising their patriarch, but in russia, no. there has not been any move against putin are against the wall from the leadership. find wall from the leadership. and it does appear, _ wall from the leadership. and it does appear, in _ wall from the leadership. and it does appear, in many comments by president putin, that he is actually using religion to justify the invasion of religion tojustify the invasion of ukraine, religion to justify the invasion of...

There has not been any move against putin or against the war from the leadership. and it does appear, in many comments by president putin, that he is actually using religion to justify the invasion of ukraine, doesnt it? yes, absolutely. both vladimir putin and patriarch kirill have presented the operation as a means to save, protect russian speakers in ukraine against a godless west and secularism. they paint it as a bulwark against the deceptions of the west, the corruptions of the west, the s...

>> reporter: theologian and journalist sergei worked with him for 15 years in the moscow orthodox church. he says once he rose to the highest rank of patriarch 13 years ago, he restructured the church for mob autocratic and in line with putins vision to recreate imperial russia. >> hes using relishes -- religious language. >> reporter: critics say he justifies supporting the invasion by calling it a push back against western decadence and liberalism. >> the violence that putin is unleashing in u...

Putin is immersed in Russian Christian Orthodoxy; his interpretation is incongruous with compromise, scholar says.