From Shrine to Target: The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Recast as a “Decision-Making Center” — Ukrinform.

From Shrine to Target: The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Recast as a “Decision-Making Center” — Ukrinform.

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…