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  • 5 Jan 2011
    'Article 31' protesters jailed in Russia

    Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of three Russian opposition activists detained in Moscow.

  • 13 May 2008
    Putin successor Medvedev gets Patriarchal blessing

    President Vladimir Putin's successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has been inaugurated in the Kremlin with pomp, circumstance, and prayers from Patriarch Alexei II of the Russian Orthodox Church - which has paid tribute to the new national leader.

  • 2 Nov 2007
    Stalin's victims remembered at site of church used for killing field

    President Putin has attended a memorial service conducted by Patriarch Aleksei II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, at a church built near a Soviet police secret killing field, to commemorate the victims of Josef Stalin.

  • 19 Jan 2007
    New Year on Julian calendar marks fresh era for Russian church

    When Russians celebrated the Julian calendar's New Year on 14 January 2007, they concluded an extended Christmas holiday with a particular significance for religion in their country - reports Sophia Kishkovsky from Moscow for Ecumenical News International.

  • 7 Dec 2006
    Concern for religious groups under new Russian law

    Concern has been raised over whether a new law in Russia will have an impact on religious organizations there - writes Linda Bloom, a New York-based journalist for the United Methodist Church.