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The history of Russian and Ukrainian Orthodoxy suggests the answer is complicated.

The history of the Greek communities and the people of Ukraine and Russia go back to ancient times and have continued to this day.

One of the theories doing round with Russia's invasion of Ukraine is that Putin wants to revive the grandeur of the Great Russian Empire or the Soviet Union the least. Another theory taking roots is Putin's quest to re-establish the Russian Orthodox Church.

Russia was initially interested in allied relations with the new Europe, but in the years since the onset of Putin's rule, it has made a dramatic shift — Ukrinform.

Putins propaganda tries to portray NATO as the putative invader. At the same time, he makes much of Russias money out of selling oil and gas to NATO members in Europe who, in turn, allow his money to be nested in their banks. Putin tries to pose as a

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The secularized former Christendom is facing off against a Russia that wants to reclaim its imperialist - and Christian - past.

The Russian troop buildup around Ukraine should be seen as more than a military frame-up, with both an attack on Odesa from the Black Sea and a blitz directly on Kyiv realistic possibilities, former Estonian Defense Forces Commander, MEP Riho Terras said on the ETV "Esimene stuudio" talk show

The Russian troop buildup around Ukraine should be seen as more than a military frame-up, with both an attack on Odesa from the Black Sea and a blitz directly on Kyiv realistic possibilities, former Estonian Defense Forces Commander, MEP Riho Terras said on the ETV "Esimene stuudio" talk show

If we have truly entered a new era of great-power competition, then every Russian has been given a clear rationale for why he fights—and it will provide the Russian state with the justification for why it asks its people to bear new burdens.