Tag: Aleksey Makarkin

Belarusian Orthodox Back Away From Declaring Independence From Moscow

January 21, 2015
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, January 21 – After declaring in December that they felt diminished by the fact that Belarusian believers felt insulted by the fact that the Orthodox Church in their country did not have self-administering status, the leadership of the Belarusian exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church has shelved the issue for the next 25 to […]

Moscow Propaganda Pushed Federalization of Ukraine and Then Stopped, Media Survey Finds

August 26, 2014
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, August 26 – Russian government media outlets pushed demands for the federalization of Ukraine after the Kremlin indicated that was what Vladimir Putin wanted and then almost as quickly toned down its promotion of that idea apparently after it began to resonate in the regions of the Russian Federation itself. At the request of […]