Ivana Stradner

Dr. Ivana Stradner serves as a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Her work focuses on information warfare and how Russia uses information operations for strategic communication. She also serves as a special correspondent for KyivPost.

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Putin Demands Believers in Ukraine Pray His Way

The image of Russia as a bastion of conservative Christianity against a decadent West exists purely to legitimize Putin’s repression of any Christian communities beyond his control

& February 18, 2026