Russia’s Religious Persecution and Misinformation in Ukraine

Russia’s religious persecution in Ukraine against various religious groups that do not align with the Kremlin's political agenda is staggering. Dozens of brutal persecution cases – including torture, illegal deportations, disappearances – of Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, and Jehovah’s Witnesses have been documented since February 2022. Russia has been spreading misinformation and reversing the blame on Ukraine in order to continue exercising these abhorrent acts of human rights abuse and to use them to advance the Kremlin's political agenda.

Please join the Center for Strategic & International Studies for a timely and crucial discussion in order to shed light on the issue and seek practical solutions to hold Russia accountable.

Moderator: Elizabeth Hoffman, Director of Congressional and Government Affairs, CSIS. 

Speakers:

• Dr. Borys Gudziak, President of the Ukrainian Catholic University and Metropolitan-Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
• Dr. Viktor Yelenskyi, Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Affairs and Freedom of Conscience  
• Dr. Catherine Wanner, Professor of History, Anthropology, and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University
• Dr. Mark R. Elliott, Retired professor of European and Russian History at Asbury University, Wheaton College, Samford University, and Southern Wesleyan University, and editor emeritus of the East-West Church Report 

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This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.