The activity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate as part of the Russian “soft power” strategy in Ukraine: from hybridity to war
Journal: Scientific Yearbook History of Religions in Ukraine
Year: 2024

The activity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in the context of the implementation of the Russian “soft power” strategy in Ukraine after 1991 is studied. It is established that during the three post-Soviet decades, one of the tools of imposing narratives on Ukrainian society, harmful to Ukrainian identity, territorial integrity, historical memory, or in general respect for Ukraine as an independent state, was the network of the UOC MP. It is noted that with the beginni