Source: Time BY IAN BREMMER What Happened This Week: Following Russia’s recent decision to send 100 or so “advisors” (read: soldiers) alongside military equipment to prop up the Maduro regime in […]
SPA April 06, 2019 Al-Issa calls for ‘enlightened vision’ to tackle global issues ST. PETERSBURG, Russia: Cooperation between nations and peoples depends on “civilized leadership” and adherence to common values, […]
Source: Time BY SIMON SHUSTER APRIL 4, 2019 Even in the worst of times, Russia had been a reliable friend to the Sudan of Omar al-Bashir. It continued selling him weapons […]
By Simon Bradley THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 29, 2019 The US X-47B unmanned autonomous aircraft being tested in 2015 (U.S. Navy Photo by Liz Wolter) Countries […]
Source: BBC News The White House has assailed President Donald Trump’s critics after he was cleared of Russian election collusion. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told cable morning shows that Mr […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Marc Bennetts MOSCOW (RNS) — Authorities in Vladivostok, the largest city in far eastern Russia, are planning to erect a gigantic statue of Jesus Christ […]
By AFP – Mar 12,2019 – JORDAN TIMES Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during a news conference following their talks in […]
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 7, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Robert Mueller (R) , serving as Federal Bureau of Investigation director, is seen on a TV monitor at the […]
Ukraine’s crisis of faith Source: Politico By Christopher Miller, who is a Kiev-based journalist The Kiev-Kremlin conflict catalyzes a religious schism centuries in the making. VORSIVKA, Ukraine — For years, […]
HAKKI ÖCAL@hakkiocal Published24.02.2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to reports that the U.S. would deploy short-range missiles has strong warnings about how they could counter this move. Those missiles, […]
Source: Forum 18 News By Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 At least 26 Jehovah’s Witnesses are in pre-trial detention, 28 under house arrest, and 42 under travel restrictions as more than […]
Source: Time By SIMON SHUSTER / MUNICH February 18, 2019 During his speech to the Munich Security Conference in 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a prediction that many in the West […]
By Reuters – Feb 16,2019 – JORDAN TIMES An Afghan boy jumps from the remains of a Soviet-era tank on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Friday (Reuters photo) MOSCOW […]
Source: Economist Even though they profess indifference to them MANY WESTERNERS regard the Jehovah’s Witnesses, handing out tracts on street corners or knocking on strangers’ doors, as somewhere between a […]
Source: Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has criticized Ukraine’s move to set up a new Orthodox church independent from Moscow and promised to defend religious freedom. Earlier […]
Source: Time By ABIGAIL ABRAMS / PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND When a group of Rhode Island’s top officials gathered in a chilly warehouse in Providence in mid-January to fight foreign interference in […]
Source: Reuters BY Andrew Osborn ORYOL, Russia (Reuters) – The first Jehovah’s Witness detained for extremism in Russia has likened the authorities’ behavior to that of Josef Stalin’s Soviet Union ahead […]
Source: BBC News Activists in Russia say there has been a new crackdown against LGBT people in Chechnya. The Russian LGBT Network believes about 40 people have been imprisoned since […]
Source: BBC News Officially the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is now fully independent of Moscow, but many parishes remain loyal to the Russian patriarch – leading in some cases to […]
Source: Pew Research Center By David Masci The recent decision by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to split from its Russian counterpart after more than 300 years of being linked reflects […]
