Across Russian-occupied Ukraine, Kremlin troops have shuttered places of worship since the first invasion began in 2014.

Estonian officials have threatened to shut down monasteries if they dont cut ties with Russia The Estonian Orthodox Church ...

Disinformation, the deliberate dissemination of false or misleading information to deceive or manipulate public opinion, ...

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and to the participants and guests of the 33rd International Educational Christmas Readings This year’s theme is the 80th ...

Russia’s emphasis on what it deems family values comes from the top, but some of the policies that most impact Russians are ...

The Kremlin is more like a fortress than a ... The area also holds many small churches. One of Moscow's most bustling boulevards is Tverskaya Street, which runs northwest of Red Square and is ...

Belarusians vote on Sunday in a presidential election to extend Alexander Lukashenko's 30-year stranglehold on power in which ...

Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of ...

The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent ... Fred Weir has been the Monitor's Moscow correspondent, covering Russia and the former Soviet Union ...

“It is now time for the church to protect ... presenting the Moscow Patriarchate’s stance on major current and social issues. Questions remain about his ties to the Kremlin.