Russian oligarch’s daughters remain on Canada’s sanctions list despite condemning war on Ukraine
Neither daughter has Canadian citizenship nor immigration status in Canada. In fact, court found no connection to Canada, and neither of them was present at their hearing, which allowed for ...
Catholic News Agency4d
Patriarch Bartholomew says 1054 church division ‘not insurmountable’ as Nicaea anniversary nears
While Pope Francis previously announced plans to travel to Turkey, one possible obstacle to a universal agreement could be ...
Greek Reporter6d
Ex-CIA Agent Kiriakou Retracts Claim on US, Ecumenical Patriarchate & Ukraine Church
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou retracted his claim that the U.S. paid the Ecumenical Patriarchate to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...
China Daily Global Edition7d
Items from collection of National Museum of China to be presented in Russia for the first time
For the first time in Russia, artefacts from the collection of the National Museum of China will be presented, revealing the peculiarities of the country's culinary traditions. TV BRICS is the ...
National Catholic Reporter12d
At 3 years of war, Russian Catholics reflect on the place of their small community
The Feb. 24 anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine was an opportunity to offer "ever more fervent prayers for peace," ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN19d
Russia says foiled Ukrainian plot to kill Putin-linked bishop
Russia's FSB security service said Friday it had thwarted a Ukrainian-ordered plot to kill Tikhon Shevkunov, a senior bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church with close links to President Vladimir Putin ...
Cfr.org20d
Trump’s Abrupt Turn to Russia—and Whether a U.S.-Russia Team Could Gain Any Sway in South and Southeast Asia
It appears that part of this interest in building closer links to Russia, including by disdaining Ukraine, blaming the war on Ukraine (Russia invaded Ukraine), and Trump himself lavishly praising ...
National Post21d
Raymond J. de Souza: Putin's lies will not bring peace, warns Ukrainian Catholic patriarch
Patriarch Sviatoslav is the “father and head” of the UGCC, which knows more than most about Russian aggression. In 1946, Stalin declared the UGCC illegal, seized its sacred buildings ...
La Croix21d
Defying Putin and the Patriarch, exiled Russian Orthodox priests lead silent resistance
“I had long opposed, notably on Facebook, the radicalization of Patriarch Kirill’s stance in alignment with Russian power, as well as the ideological submission of priests under him. I was ...
The Christian Post22d
A hidden war: Russia is targeting Ukraine’s Christians
Why don’t most Americans know this? Powerful forces are arrayed against believers in Ukraine. Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, has declared a Holy War on Ukraine and the ...
The Irish Times22d
The Russian over-50s fighting and dying in Ukraine
His name is among the increasing number of Russian men in their 50s, 60s and even 70s fighting and dying on the frontline, as the make-up of the Kremlin’s forces has shifted towards so-called ...
Sky22d
Sanctions against Russia have changed what Europe imports, but it's still worth billions to Putin
Did you know there's a critical product - one without which we'd all be dead - which Europe is actually importing more of from Russia now than before the invasion of Ukraine? It might feel a bit ...