Bill proponents argue it would prevent extremism, while critics say it could worsen tensions between ethnic Estonians and ...

A senior Ukrainian Orthodox Church official recently warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks the Kremlin is in a ...

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has urged all local ... Russian delegation to UN event in New York," whereas the United States is obliged to issue such visas without delays and ...

Custody orders can be extended repeatedly. The United States and other Western governments have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin's government of arresting citizens of Western countries on ...

The anti-abortion movement is on the rise in Russia, and the Kremlin is responding by changing the law to make terminations more difficult.

On January 2, an Orthodox ... Russian Church. He reinstated Filaret in his priesthood and retroactively recognized all rites performed by the anathematized metropolitan. The two churches were ...

Patriarch Kirill, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, has been an enthusiastic backer of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

As Trump pushes for a Ukraine deal, local church ... Orthodox Christians has seeped into conservative circles in the West, undermining Western support for Ukraine. Brytsyn visited the United ...

As President Donald Trump's administration works toward a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine ... the OCU was in the United States recently for ...