The hypothesis says Putin wants to restore the Byzantine Empire, unify the Orthodox world, and retake Constantinople, with Ukraine as the mechanism for those ambitions.
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Orthodox World
The hypothesis says Putin wants to restore the Byzantine Empire, unify the Orthodox world, and retake Constantinople, with Ukraine as the mechanism for those ambitions.
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"...wants to restore the Byzantine Empire. He wants to unify the Orthodox world. And he wants to retake Constantinople from the Turks. And this..."
"...what does this mean? It means that Russia will unite the Orthodox world. Okay? So, right now, the Orthodox world is split into Eastern..."
"...return to Constantinople restoring the Byzantine Empire and thus unifying the Orthodox world. After the United States leaves the Middle East the Greater Israel..."
"...and so Putin will initiate reconciliation between Islamic World and the Orthodox World, between the Islamic world and the Israeli empire. You can also..."
"...which was the seat for many centuries, the seat of the Orthodox world, that will be restored and an Orthodox Church. It will be..."
"...allow Russia to reclaim Constantinople, and then it would unite the Orthodox world. So that's prophecy. So how would this plan come into being?..."
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The episode begins with two escalations: Ukraine expands, Iran heats up.
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