1. What has the Ukraine crisis have to do with men in funny hats?
Like most conflicts over the past 2,000 years, this is, at heart, a religious war. Most of the people who live in the tiny eastern province of Donbas and surrounds, including the Crimea, are followers of the Russian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate. And about 15% of the Donbas is Muslim.
Whereas almost the entire population of the rest of the nation follow the Kyiv or Greek Orthodox Patriarchates. And, in the West, there are almost no Muslims.
Moscow Orthodox Patriarch Kyrill wants to protect his Ukrainian followers from decades of religious persecution from the other Orthodox sects. The United Nations reports that the Greek and Kyiv Orthodox have killed at least 3,000 Russian Orthodox civilians, including many children, and counting.
What is the difference between these Orthodox churches? Heck if I know, except I see their Patriarchs wear different funny hats. These vicious battles between religious sects are
— source gregpalast.com | Greg Palast | Feb 15, 2022