Russia’s Parliament has backed a bill outlawing “propaganda of homosexuality among minors” in a move that will restrict fundamental human rights.

Responding to the adoption ban under consideration by Russia, UNICEF has asked the Government there to be guided solely by the best interests of children.

An organisation representing indigenous peoples in Russia has been ordered to close, in the country’s latest crackdown on NGOs.

Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church and Catholic Archbishop Jozef Michalik of Przemysl have signed a statement of reconciliation in Warsaw.