
Vatican Steps In Where Others Can’t: Bridging Russia and the West
Both sides understand that renewing Russian-European dialogue is essential to ensuring the continent’s stability.

Both sides understand that renewing Russian-European dialogue is essential to ensuring the continent’s stability.

The calls come after Ukraine passed a law targeting the same church within its own borders.

The Ukrainian government considers the monastery a pro-Russian hotbed and thus intends to expel the monks.

As a young priest, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill worked for the KGB, two Swiss newspapers claim.

Experts warn that cutting off Russian oil imports will increase the price of gasoline for European consumers. They also caution that delayed onset of the sanctions will only give Russia time to sell its oil elsewhere before losing European business, weakening the effects of the sanctions.