The precise reasons for forming a committee by the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod to investigate ... Novaïa Gazeta—now exiled in Riga, Latvia—accused him of alleged sexual harassment ...

Somehow the Lithuanian language survived; today it is thriving. Yet Russia’s presence is palpable, and with the invasion of ...

Metropolitan Hilarion poses for a photo with Russian ... in Riga, Latvia—accused him of alleged sexual harassment against a young Russo-Japanese intern at Budapest’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral ...

The Vatican has a deep history of conflict mediation, with varying degrees of success. An effort by the pope to end the war in Ukraine would face long odds.

You served as the EU Ambassador to the Russian Federation from September 1 ... asserting that Ukrainians and Russians belong to the same people, the same Orthodox Church, and share a common destiny.

The Orthodox church is located at Brīvības bulvāris 23, Centra rajons, Rīga, LV-1050, Latvia. 11- Taste The (In ... barely a 40-minute drive from Riga, is a shrine to a Russian rock icon. Viktor Tsoi, ...

(RNS) — Lawmakers in Estonia’s Parliament are debating a draft bill that would effectively require the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Russian Orthodox Church’s ...

The Russian Orthodox Church has emerged as a central ... In a poll conducted in March 2024 by Riga Stradiņš University, researchers found that 38 percent of Russian speakers in Latvia blamed Russia ...

The infrastructure of Russian disinformation operates as an interconnected ecosystem, requiring substantial financial and logistical support. State-controlled media, private actors, the Russian ...

again), education and language policy (Estonia and Latvia), policies of religion (the status of the Russian Orthodox Church), voting rights (Estonia), residence policy (Latvia), media policy (all ...

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