Constantinople moves to grant autocephaly to Ukrainian Church, outraging Moscow
Yesterday, the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced that it has appointed as its exarchs in Kyiv an archbishop from the…
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Occupied Donetsk: re-settlement of Russian “immigrants”, all-pervasive fear & ecological disaster
“The Russian militants have always intimidated the locals, ever since they arrived in our area… so that almost…
A warning sign in the Donbas: Moscow replacing local people with Russians
One of the most reliable signs that an aggressor is about to launch a new attack is his…
Three signs Moscow Patriarch Kirill knows he’s lost on Ukrainian autocephaly
The Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC MP) continues to assert that it will be able…
Falling ratings even more likely to lead Putin to large war than they were before 2014, Larionov says
Over the last three months, the ratings of Vladimir Putin and the Russian authorities have fallen by almost…
Putin actively using Cold War Stasi agent network in Germany, Reitschuster says
Boris Reitschuster, author of Putin’s Secret War, says that the Kremlin is “actively using the old agent network”…
Ecumenical Patriarch to grant Ukrainian Orthodox autocephaly, Greek Church source says
The Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, has decided to grant autocephaly to the…
No end to Russia’s war until Kremlin achieves goals in Ukraine
Oleksandr Lashchenko: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz recently expressed hope that this time there would be a real ceasefire.…
Russia to buy frigates from China
In a remarkable turnabout, Moscow is going to purchase specially modified naval frigates from Beijing, the result of…
Latest military exercise shows ‘Kremlin is actively preparing for a world war,’ Felgenhauer says
Moscow’s announcement that it will soon conduct its largest military exercise since 1981 “means only one thing,” Pavel…
Waiting for Constantinople’s historical decision on Church autocephaly in Ukraine
When Russia annexed Crimea and invaded the Donbas in 2014, it was clear that it was only a…
Putin’s man in Minsk unlikely to achieve Putin’s purposes, Yegorov says
Many are worried that Vladimir Putin’s new man in Minsk, Mikhail Babich, the new Russian ambassador and special…
Moscow has complex system to run agents of influence abroad, Khmelnytskyi says
As Moscow’s geopolitical isolation has increased, Dmytro Khmelnytskyi says, the role of its agents of influence abroad and…
Moscow seeking to provoke revolts in Ukraine’s Azov Sea ports, Ukrainian admiral says
Admiral Serhiy Hayduk, commander of the Ukrainian Navy, says that Russia is seeking to provoke revolts in Mariupol…
Russian jailers aren’t letting Protestants visit their imprisoned co-religionists
One of the fundamental requirements of the Christian faith is that believers should visit people in jail. Russian…
West’s paramount task is to prevent Belarus from being swallowed up by Russia, Melianas says
Imantas Melianas, a senior Lithuanian specialist on ethnic minorities and national security, says that the most important task…
‘Clarity on Caspian has given Russia the opportunity to control Sea of Azov,’ Moscow commentator says
Analysts have offered a variety of reasons for the breakthrough on the Caspian – increased Russian concerns about…
Russia betting on internal conflict in Ukraine
The Ukrainian state has taken two independent actions which have obliged Russia to accelerate its preparations for intervening…
Moscow pursuing ‘forced integration’ of Belarus into Russia now, Sivitsky says
Russian actions toward Belarus since 2015 show that Moscow is no longer pursuing the “union deal” it had…
Moscow’s ‘little green men’ stage provocation in Moldova, republic’s Defense Minister says
Moldovan Defense Minister Eugen Sturza says that Russian forces, without identifying markers, have carried out massive maneuvers involving…
