Russian President Vladimir Putin, and President of the CAR Faustin-Archange Touadera, prior to their talks at the Kremlin in ...

Conceding Ukrainian land to Russia comes with a host of geopolitical downsides, but a lesser-known consequence affects churches: Moscow targets non-Orthodox Christians. Across Russian-occupied ...

The Patriarch who oversees the Russian Orthodox Church has depicted Moscow's invasion of Ukraine as part of a spiritual struggle against the West and gay pride parades. A council he presided over ...

"Hence, what you had was a situation where Moscow was largely forgotten in terms of focused missions," said Bush. "Not until about the last two years have any major evangelical missions organizations ...

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has announced plans to significantly increase the number of military ... in Ukraine reported evidence of extrajudicial killings of Russian POWs and other mistreatment ...

A portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a page of a schoolbook for high school students in Moscow on August 7, 2023. A portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a ...

A new school textbook in Russia is teaching children that Moscow was “forced” to invade Ukraine as it likens the conflict to the Soviet Union’s battle against Nazi Germany in World War II.

A poster dedicated to the upcoming Defender of the Fatherland Day which depicts a Russian soldier with a slogan reading "For the Victory! For the Ours! For the Truth!" in front of an Orthodox church ...

Does the Russian Orthodox Church believe that Russia ... which holds that Russia is the defender of Christendom. In this theology, Moscow is often seen as the "Third Rome," following the fall ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Snowdrops bloom at the botanical gardens at Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Jan. 29 ...

A fire has broken out at the building owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) in Moscow on Wednesday night. The two-story building on Vrubel Street, in the northwestern part of ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.