Religious intervention against Russia: myth or reality?

The article attempts to find an answer to the current pressing question: is the collective West really using religion to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia in the context of the Ukrainian crisis in the spiritual and moral sphere? Using the ideas and opinions of several researchers as arguments, the article demonstrates the coordinated and purposeful efforts of Western ideologues to undermine the foundations of religious unity among Russians and to use religious values as a means of geopolitical struggle against Russian statehood, including during the special military operation. This circumstance necessitates the mobilization of the efforts of all actors in Russia’s social development to counter the West’s attempts to undermine the spiritual unity and cohesion of Russian society in the current context of civilizational confrontation.