That tyrant and war criminal Vladimir Putin has captured the Russian Orthodox Church as an instrument of state power and uses its fig leaf of legitimacy to mask the countless crimes against humanity of his barbaric imperial conquest of Ukraine surprises no one; tyrants and conquerors have always done so. What is interesting to … Continue reading April 8 2022 Faith Weaponized in Service to Power and Authority as Identitarian Politics: Case of Putin’s Captive Russian Orthodox Church