A new report on #Russia's war crimes against faith-based communities in #Ukraine️ has just been published by Mission Eurasia. I am pleased to give my input in this research. ✅ Please read and share: missioneurasia.org/wp-content/upl… #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar

Great news! Our book "Security, Religion, and the Rule of Law: International Perspectives," written by the Oxford Program alumni, was published by Routledge. My chapter is devoted to changes in religious legislation of #Ukraine, adopted in response to #Russia's armed aggression.

If you attend #IRFSummit2024 this week in D.C., welcome to the special events on religious freedom in #Ukraine hosted by Mission Eurasia at the Washington Hilton Hotel.

My speech during the International Religious Freedom Roundtable, held on January 29, 2024, in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Senate Office Building: irf.in.ua/p/118 #IRFSummit2024 #IRFRoundtable IRF Summit #IRFBA USCIRF US Ambassador at Large for Int'l Religious Freedom

From a Protestant pastor imprisoned for his US citizenship to an Orthodox bishop tortured to embrace the “Russian World” ideology. The stories of Russian religious persecution in occupied #Ukraine are diverse and devastating. This is worth your attention: euromaidanpress.com/2024/04/23/obe…

Read my update on research aimed at developing positive indexes for assessing religious freedom starting from #Kazakhstan. The LYNC approach will benefit not only Central Asia. Using international standards as a baseline, we seek to extend it globally: lyncommunity.org/blog/why-lync-…

On Wednesday, July 24, at 10.00 am EST, join the U.S. Helsinki Commission and witnesses Steven E. Moore, pastor Mark Sergeev & Dr. Catherine Wanner for a hearing on #Russia’s persecution of Christians in the occupied territories of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #ReligiousFreedom #RussianWarCrimes

I am grateful to Nina Shea, director of the Center for Religious Freedom, for inviting me to present in today's discussion at the Hudson Institute, dedicated to the religious situation in #Ukraine affected by #Russia's invasion. The video is here: hudson.org/events/religio…

The US U.S. Helsinki Commission'ission pays the most attention to the threats to global security posed by #Russia. I was pleased to meet with Kyle Parker (Kyle Parker 🏴‍☠️), Senior Senate Staff Representative, and his team to network and share information about religious freedom in #Ukraine.

What an unexpected and delightful meeting in Washington, D.C.! Thank you, Prof. Catherine Wanner, for a pleasant and fruitful talk about religious liberty in #Ukraine and the challenges posed by #Russia's invasion.

An excellent audience gathered at the IRF Secretariat & @LYN_Community event in connection with the International Ministerial Conference on FoRB in #Berlin. I was pleased to present the latest results of my research on developing positive indexes for assessing religious freedom.

Discover how LYNC is taking a unique approach in Central Asia, shifting from simply documenting challenges to fostering cross-cultural religious literacy and collaboration in #Kazakhstan and #Uzbekistan. This is covenantal pluralism in action 👉lyncommunity.org/blog/shifting-… @WadeKusack

Today at 2.30 pm ET, the US Helsinki Commission will hold a hearing on #Belarus and its complicity in #Russia’s crimes in #Ukraine. 🔴 You can watch the live broadcast here: youtube.com/live/zv3sfwRbv…

I am happy to amplify before the U.S. Senate the voice of millions of civilians in #Ukraine, including church members and religious leaders, who suffer daily from #Russia's terror. This war must not only end, but justice must be brought. 1/2

Not only all prisoners of war must be exchanged and released, but #Russia must also return all abducted Ukrainian children and release hundreds of civilians from Russian prisons in the occupied territories of #Ukraine, including prisoners of conscience. 2/2

I am happy to work with Dr. Dennis R. Hoover at Love Your Neighbor Community (LYNC). His deep knowledge and experience are invaluable not only to the young students he recently lectured but also to the broader effort of promoting religious freedom and social cohesion in societies worldwide.

This article in Church Times serves as another reminder of Russia’s war crimes in #Ukraine. The horrifying destruction of churches and religious landmarks is merely the visible face of the genocidal war that #Russia is waging against Ukrainians as a nation and ethnic group. 1/2

The worst atrocities are taking place far from the reach of cameras—within #Ukraine's territories occupied by Russian forces—in prisons, torture chambers, and even private homes subjected to raids by #Russia's soldiers and FSB (KGB) agents. Read more: churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/… 2/2

I want to shed light on "root causes" of the war, expose Russian war crimes, and clearly name their accomplices—some Russian religious leaders. My chapter in War in Ukraine focuses on how #Russia uses religion to justify the genocide of #Ukraine's people: researchgate.net/publication/38…

I’m excited to be part of the @LYN_Community team behind the 2025 Kraków CCRL Summit—a platform for exploring best practices and exchanging experiences in implementing cross-cultural religious literacy initiatives worldwide to build more cohesive, pluralistic, peaceful societies.