Explained: The religious motivations behind Putin’s unholy war
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Justin Brierley2022-03-29T15:33:00
As war rages, Justin Brierley asks Ukrainian Orthodox scholar Father Cyril Hovorun and Catholic journalist Clifford Longley about the religious beliefs motivating Vladimir Putin
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