*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦 on Nostr: Despots often use religion as a way to legitimize their ‘right’ to rule. ...

Despots often use religion as a way to legitimize their ‘right’ to rule.

“Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday declared that “God willed it” for him and his army to defend Russia, framing the war in Ukraine as a mission of fate.“Fate willed it so, God willed it so, if I may say so,” Putin told Russian soldiers on the eve of the third anniversary of his full-scale invasion.”

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/god-willed-it-putin-claims-divine-mandate-to-defend-russia-amid-trump-outreach/articleshow/118505551.cms

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