“This is not true, someone else could be called a tsar. I work every day, I do not reign,” Putin said in 2020. That same year, the Russian Orthodox Church formally permitted an image of Putin’s face ...

In 1996 Yeltsin was then re-elected as president of the Russian Federation, narrowly defeating the reborn communist party of Gennadiy Zyuganov, supported by the Orthodox Church of Metropolitan ...

“This is not true, someone else could be called a tsar. I work every day, I do not reign,” Putin said in 2020. That same year, the Russian Orthodox Church formally permitted an image of Putin ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

Russia began celebrating New Year's Day on January 1 in 1700, following a decree by Peter the Great (Tsar of Russia ... but remained secular. The Russian Orthodox Church continued to celebrate ...

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Across Russian-occupied Ukraine, Kremlin troops have shuttered places of worship since the first invasion began in 2014.

Ukrainian law enforcement officers charged former lawmaker and businessman Vadym Novynskyi with high treason and incitement ...