Sanctifying the profane: the Russian Orthodox Church at the front The militarization of the Russian Orthodox Chirch is ramping up, while the war is increasingly seen as sacred in the eyes of many Russians ... 06/16/2024 - 8:25 pm | View Link
Russian election: Why Putin's fifth term as president was never in doubt It was at a grand military awards ceremony last December that Vladimir Putin, 71, told the Russian public he would stand for the presidency again. "Now is the time for making decisions. 06/14/2024 - 12:54 pm | View Link
The return of the 'orthodox masseur' Former leader of the ‘Athos Fraternity’ that brought together the oligarchs-VIPs, later replaced by the Diveevo Monastery fraternity led by Defence Minister Andrej Belousov, he is now back to reveal ... 06/12/2024 - 1:03 am | View Link
An Orthodox priest in Kazakhstan is trying to open a church independent from the Russian Orthodox Church The difficulty is that according to the law in Kazakhstan, preaching and missionary activity without registration are prohibited. 06/10/2024 - 1:35 am | View Link
Russian Officials Voice Rare Criticism of Putin's Economic Policy In the first two years of the war, 180 private companies have come under state control as of March 2024, according to Novaya Gazeta Europe, a Latvia-based independent Russian newspaper. 06/6/2024 - 2:55 am | View Link
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved Israel’s war cabinet on Monday, after two key members quit last week amid disagreement over the direction of the war in Gaza.
The cabinet had been made up of six political leaders including Netanyahu and has been responsible for making most major decisions in regards to how Israel conducts the war in Gaza.
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Netanyahu cited the resignation of Benny Gantz, leader of the centrist Israel Resilience Party, for his decision to dissolve the war cabinet.
NEW DELHI — A cargo train rammed into a passenger train in India’s eastern state of West Bengal on Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring several others, officials said.
Doctors, disaster-response teams and ambulances were engaged in rescue work, the state’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a post on social media platform X.
BERLIN — German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an ax and a Molotov cocktail in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the European Championship soccer tournament.
Police officers opened fire after the man refused to put down the ax and a Molotov cocktail, hitting him in the leg, police spokesman Thilo Marxsen said.
To mark Father’s Day, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, snapped a picture of her husband Prince William, and their children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.
The official Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) accounts of the Prince and Princess of Wales posted Middleton’s photo on Sunday, June 16, with the caption “We love you, Papa.
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