Tag: Buryats

Is the Russian Orthodox Church Out to Provoke Russia’s Buddhists?

March 23, 2015

Staunton, March 2 — The Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, having offended many Russian liberals by its obscurantism and slavish subordination to the Kremlin and having angered many of Russia’s Muslims by its backing for missionary work among them, now appears set to offend a group it had hitherto largely ignored: Russia’s Buddhists. […]

Ukraine and Russia’s Non-Russians Reportedly Viewing Each Other as Allies, Disturbing Moscow

December 3, 2014

Staunton, December 3 – Increasingly frequent expressions of support for Ukraine by non-Russian peoples within the borders of the Russian Federation and similar expressions of support for these nations by Kyiv is disturbing many Russians who see this as an alliance of “Russophobes of all kinds.” In an article on Rusfed24.ru, Ufa journalist Svetlana Nurgaleyeva […]