KSENIA LUCHENKO, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, Russia)

Ksenia Luchenko – a well-known Orthodox journalist, author of the Telegram channel “Orthodoxy and Zombies” and the book “With Good Intentions: The Russian Church and Power from Gorbachev to Putin.” She has consistently spoken out against the war in the media and on her social media platforms. She has written extensively about clergy in the Russian Orthodox Church who are persecuted for their anti-war stance, as well as about the Church leadership’s support for the war. Due to the risk of persecution, she was forced to leave Russia.

She has been regularly subjected to harassment and threats by pro-war Orthodox figures.

On May 16, 2025, she was designated a “foreign agent” by the Russian Ministry of Justice.