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Melani McAlister

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lights a candle as he attends an Orthodox Christmas service in the XIX century church of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God in Turginovo village, about 160 km northwest of Moscow, on January 7, 2011. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine war is testing evangelicals’ love of Putin as a conservative hero

Melani McAlister