7/11 Putin & Kirill are fostering something very ugly in the Russian spirit, a spirit of ethno-nationalist hostility, aggressiveness,&violence, transparent under a thin veneer of Orthodoxy. Relaying aggressive state propaganda has replaced the Gospel as the prime message of the Russian Church.
Sergey Gavrilov, the Russian lawmaker who sparked outrage and protests in Tbilisi, says he was framed by ‘radical liberals’ and ‘fake news’ /Quotes from Gavrilov’s interviews with Kommersant, TASS, and RBC.
ロイターGeorgianPM Mamuka Bakhtadze said the situation outside the parliament had been "provoked by opposition forces."/Thursday's protests were sparked by a visitby Sergei Gavrilov, who was leading a Russian delegation taking part in the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO), (
Rejection of the deal inside Greece is, amongst others, coming from the seven MPs inside Independent Greeks (ANEL),〜The name issue has led to splits inside ANEL, and Russian media has been promoting the idea of a new populist party led by Dimitris Kammenos, dedicated to blocking the name change.
7/11The Greek newspaper Kathimerini named the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, an organisation which promotes Russian ties to Christians in the Middle East, as being among the groups trying to fan Russian influence in Greece, including in the Greek Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos./
1/16 "Many (other) priests disagree with this policy, but remain silent because of fear of the church's heads. If they start resisting, they will be barred from conducting services or will be sent to (work in) a remote village," the report says. In addition, Gazeta.ua reminds(