Putin successor Medvedev gets Patriarchal blessing

President Vladimir Putin’s successor, Dmitry Medvedev, was inaugurated in the Kremlin with pomp, circumstance, and prayers from Patriarch Alexei II of the Russian Orthodox Church – writes Sophia Kishkovsky. After the main ceremony on 7 May, at a moleben,...

Medvedev gets backing of religious leaders in Russia

Russia’s president-elect, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin’s handpicked successor, can count on support from his country’s religious organizations which have congratulated him after his landslide victory in the elections – writes Sophia...