The Kyiv Independent on MSN6h
EU prepares for possible Hungarian veto on Russia sanctions extension, media reports
The European Union is bracing for a potential Hungarian veto on extending sanctions against Russia, which are set to expire ...
La Croix International12d
Defying Putin and the Patriarch, exiled Russian Orthodox priests lead silent resistance
Three years into the Ukraine war, exiled Russian Orthodox priests receive support from Germany’s "Peace Unto All" network, ...
Two church figures arrested in plot to blow up Russian priest known as Putin’s confessor
The intended target, 66-year-old Tikhon Shevkunov, is widely reported in Russian media as Putin’s “confessor.” While the ...
MoneyWeek on MSN5d
Kirill Dmitriev: from Wall Street banker to Putin’s emissary to Trumpworld
Kirill Dmitriev is a product of America’s finest institutions and has emerged as the Russian president’s point man in ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN10d
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 ...
The Tablet7d
Russia claims to have foiled assassination of ‘Putin’s confessor’
Russia’s security service reported that it intercepted a plan to assassinate a prominent Orthodox hierarch, believed to have ...
Prospect21d
How Russia’s Orthodox Church supports Putin’s war
The patriarch’s hawkishness should surprise no one ... At that point, in February 2012, Kirill declared Putin’s leadership was “a miracle from God”. Within weeks of the invasion, Kirill gave an ...
KHQ10d
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 ...