Russia claims to defend Christianity – then bombs the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The war has exposed its sacred values as cover for imperial violence.

Russia claims to defend Christianity – then bombs the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The war has exposed its sacred values as cover for imperial violence.

The attack on the Lavra turns a centuries-old spiritual landmark into a frontline in the wider battle over who gets to own the very birthplace of shared faith among Russians and…

Every empire eventually becomes trapped by its own mythology. Russia happens to be built on a peculiar combination of holy relics, imperial nostalgia, and endless lectures about…