INDEPENDENCE OF THE UKRAINIAN CHURCH: HOW RUSSIA IS LOSING ITS SOFT POWER TOOL IN UKRAINE
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2019

Theestablishment of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the end of 2018 opened theway for discussions of the Church’s role in domestic and foreign policies ofRussia and Ukraine. Using the theoretical approach developed by Joseph Nye, thisarticle seeks to examine Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) as a soft power tool ofKremlin along with discussing conservative ideology in Russia itself. Inaddition, the consequences of autocephaly for Russia and ROC are analyzed. Thearticle argues that annexation of Cr