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Pope appeals to Putin to stop war and Zelensky to be open to serious peace offers - Vatican News vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…

New open-access book on Religion and World Politics by one of the most innovative and authoritative scholars on the topic: Prof Prof dr Erin K. Wilson from University of Groningen. Written in an accessible way this should be of interest to a wide range of readers. taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/…

Ukrainian President Zelensky has taken steps to restrict the activities of Ukraine's largest denomination, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, due to its ties with Moscow. president.gov.ua/en/news/mi-gar…

Ukraine: Religion, Peace and Conflict Country Profile usip.org/programs/relig…

In this new Berkley Center piece on "Assessing Kyiv's New Focus on 'Spiritual Independence'," Denis Brylov, Tetiana Kalenychenko and I explore potential peacebuilding downsides of recent Ukrainian gov actions targeting the UOC. berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/posts/assessin…

Writing for the Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power project, Denis Brylov, Tetiana Kalenychenko & Peter Mandaville assess recent actions by the Ukrainian government to regulate the activities of Russian-aligned religious groups in #Ukraine. #ReligiousSoftPower Read it: ow.ly/UR7150MtcQ8

“If you want to perpetuate the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine, ban it,” said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) pravda.com.ua/articles/2023/…

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has submitted a bill to the Verkhovna Rada that would ban the activities of religious organizations in Ukraine that are run from a state that is carrying out armed aggression against Ukraine. itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills…

#ICYMI Writing for the Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power project, Denis Brylov, Tetiana Kalenychenko & Peter Mandaville assess recent actions by the Ukrainian government to regulate the activities of Russian-aligned religious groups in #Ukraine. #ReligiousSoftPower ow.ly/UR7150MtcQ8

The State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic and Religious Affairs conducted a religious examination of the UOC and concluded that "...from the point of view of ecclesiology and canon law, it is a structural unit of the Russian Orthodox Church" dess.gov.ua/vysnovok-relih…

OHCHR documented searches conducted by the SBU as “security measures” at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) institutions. OHCHR is concerned that official actions targeting the UOC could be discriminatory. ohchr.org/en/documents/c…

Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleh Nikolenko: "Ukraine is a democratic state that guarantees freedom of religion… We call on OHCHR to refrain from unbalanced political assessments and base its reports on facts."

The President of Ukraine attended an iftar for Muslim soldiers. Interestingly, there was a complete absence of Chechens, representatives of the most combat-ready Muslim units. president.gov.ua/en/news/prezid…

Russian Muslims in the war against Ukraine. My commentary for Newsweek. newsweek.com/moscow-mosque-…

A few words about the everyday religious life of the Wagner PMC mercenaries, their neo-pagan roots, warrior cults and ideas of Slavic chosenness. obsreligion.cnrs.fr/bulletin/from-…

My short commentary for La Croix on what Wagnerians believe in (besides money, of course) la-croix.com/Monde/Le-group…

Several years of intense field research, radical changes caused by the war, but finally this report is ready! usip.org/publications/2…

Religious actors have continued to be an influential force in #Urkaine’s society at large. Denis Brylov, Tetiana Kalenychenko and Andrii Kryshtal explore how in our new #Peaceworks report: usip.org/publications/2…

The Christian Right in Europe, edited by Gionathan Lo Mascolo, which includes our contribution about Ukrainian Christian Right, has finally been published 🥳 Open access! transcript-publishing.com/978-3-8376-603…

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