have accused the Russian Orthodox Church of being nothing more than an arm of the Kremlin, dressed in religious vestments but doing Putin's bidding. Writing in the magazine First Things, Weigel noted ...

That and all administrative areas are closed off to the public. Only the Kremlin’s historical buildings, churches and museums ...

The Kremlin condemned the alleged assassination ... In 2023, Shevkunov was appointed to the senior church rank of metropolitan of Crimea, the peninsula which Russia captured and annexed from ...

have accused the Russian Orthodox Church of being nothing more than an arm of the Kremlin, dressed in religious vestments but doing Putin's bidding. Writing in the magazine First Things ...