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Riley Bailey, Christina Harward, Angelica Evans, and George Barros March 30, 2024 The Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate (ROC MP), a Kremlin-controlled organization and a known tool within the Russian hybrid warfare toolkit, held the World Russian People’s Council in Moscow on March 27 and 28 and approved an ideological and policy document…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said dialogue with the western countries was possible even as the war in Ukraine continues. “We do not refuse dialogue with Western states. The choice is theirs: do they intend to continue trying to restrain the development of Russia, continue the policy of aggression and relentless pressure that they have pursued for…

This essay is adapted from the 21th Annual Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs delivered on November 7, 2017, at the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an honor to have been invited to present the twenty-first Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. It is humbling…

There are certain documents that cast a dark, cosmic shadow. We have become used to seeing this in texts issued by various institutions linked to science (global warming), medicine (the pandemic), and the economy (poverty rates). But established Church authorities have tried in various and different ways over the past century to be messengers of hope….

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Chinese politics & policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.China’s President Xi Jinping has lashed out at Nato over its “flagrant” bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999 as he tries to cement ties with Serbia ahead of a visit to the Balkan country on Tuesday.Xi, who…

Protesters are demanding the government reach a deal to bring the hostages back from Gaza, for new elections and the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The demonstration took place as a delegation of the Palestinian militant group Hamas was in Cairo for cease-fire talks with Israel. (AP video by Shlomo Mor) Protesters are…

During a wreath-laying ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was heckled by a protester who called on the leader to resign.Video posted online by The Times of Israel shows a man yelling out at Netanyahu to resign moments before he places a wreath down during the ceremony at Yad Vashem, Israel’s…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.European intelligence agencies have warned their governments that Russia is plotting violent acts of sabotage across the continent as it commits to a course of permanent conflict with the west. Russia has already begun to more actively…

Hamas says it has accepted a ceasefire deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar which seeks to halt the seven-month war with Israel in Gaza. In a statement Monday, Hamas said the head of its political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, told the Qatari prime minister and Egyptian intelligence minister…

Пожалуйста, поддержите канал: https://www.donationalerts.com/r/zistorii https://donate.qiwi.com/payin/ZIstorii Версия событий переворота Октября 1917 года от историка Андрея Ильича Фурсова. Его исследование мемуаров и архивных документов привело к выводу, что организаторами переворота в Октябре 1917 года были царские генералы разведывательного…

Just a few months short of a quarter-century as Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will put his hand on a copy of the constitution and begin another six-year term as president wielding extraordinary power. Since becoming acting president on the last day of 1999, Putin has shaped Russia into a monolith — crushing political opposition, running…

Published: 01:59 BST, 5 May 2024 | Updated: 02:02 BST, 5 May 2024 President Vladimir Putin appeared withdrawn and downcast in a rare public appearance at an Orthodox Easter Mass in Moscow.The Russian tyrant seemed to stare blankly out towards the congregation as he went through the religious motions during the mass.  The 71-year-old’s mood could…

Специально для Крым.Реалии На рубеже II и I веков до нашей эры Крым и Южное Причерноморье были объединены в границах державы Митридата Евпатора. Прошли 1300 лет – и история повторилась, но уже в виде Трапезундской империи. XII век, вероятно, был самым спокойным в средневековой истории Крыма. Возможно, потому, что до нас дошло мало источников этого…

Президент России Владимир Путин 2 мая встретился с Алексеем Дюминым, губернатором Тульской области РФ, связанным с группировкой «ЧВК Вагнер», обращают внимание аналитики американского Института изучения войны (ISW). По их мнению, перед запланированной на 7 мая инаугурацией Путина на новый срок это может свидетельствовать о его стремлении снизить…

Всего два дня осталось до знаменательного события — инаугурации президента РФ Владимира Путина. В этот же день президент, традиционно, примет отставку правительства. Какие кадровые сенсации уже готовят в Кремле, пытаются предсказать аналитики.  Самая главная интрига«Любимый генерал президента» возвращается в Москву Самая главная интрига Источник:…

Арест Тимура Иванова имеет негативный эффект также и для политических перспектив Алексея Дюмина, которого начали прочить на место Шойгу и которого патронирует Геннадий Тимченко. Дюмин, как и Иванов, входит в группу Геннадия Тимченко, куда он попал еще в бытность работы адъютантом Владимира Путина, поскольку Тимченко был нужен свой человек рядом с Путиным….

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.European intelligence agencies have warned their governments that Russia is plotting violent acts of sabotage across the continent as it commits to a course of permanent conflict with the west. Russia has already begun to more actively…

Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been charged with accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities, according to an indictment in federal court in Texas. The alleged scheme took place from late 2014 through at least November 2021, the indictment says….

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) and his wife allegedly accepted $600,000 in bribes from an oil company controlled by the Azerbaijan government and a bank headquartered in Mexico, according to a federal indictment unsealed in Texas on Friday.The 68-year-old congressman and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, are accused of setting up front companies that entered into…

The warlord leader of Chechnya, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main cronies, is reportedly gravely ill with kidney problems, sparking fears that he was poisoned. Ramzan Kadyrov brought the United Arab Emirate’s chief nephrologist, or kidney specialist, to Grozny, Chechnya’s capital, for treatment,…