Russia appears to be in love with war and death. “War is victory, war is a friend, war is love” is how one Russian official, a middle-aged woman who could be a mother or grandmother, recently put it to an audience consisting of young boys and girls. Last May, school children, tots really, were dressed up as tanks and fighter planes in celebration of Victory Day, which commemorates the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany. Russian Orthodox clergy routinely bless tanks and encourage Russian soldiers to defend Mother Russia with their lives. A holy picture, issued by the Bryansk Eparchy,...