Speaking to Focus, French historian and religion scholar Antoine Arzhakovsky stressed the Orthodox Church gave its blessing to Putin's aggressive war, The Apostrof reports May 5.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
ZIK: Russian Orthodox Church blessed aggressive war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, left, at the Red Square as they go to place flowers at a statue of Minin and Pozharsky, the leaders of a struggle against foreign invaders in 1612.
