Tag: attacks

Russia demands Kiev release the Ukrainian bishop

Metropolitan (bishop) Pavel was arrested after accusing President Zelensky of religious persecution: Russia has demanded the release of Metropolitan Pavel, a senior bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), stating that it is concerned about his well-being. Pavel was taken into custody last week as Kiev sought to oust UOC monks from the historic monastery which he heads.

Hundreds of thousands of Russian speakers will be expelled’: Latvia plans to deport people for not knowing Lettish

LATVIA In this tiny Baltic State lives a few hundred thousand million speakers of a near-dead language called Lettish. A massive 40% of the 1.9 million Latvians are ethnic Russian most of whom were born in Latvia. Like others, these ethnic Russians had their own schools, churches and culture # but otherwise contributed enormously to the Latvian economy and lifestyle.