Russian Orthodox Church Income Rises Dramatically Despite Economic Crisis 2016-06-14 04:34:42 Staunton, VA, June 13, 2016 – It is a rare trend indeed in which there are not exceptions, when some individuals and institutions suffer while most are benefiting or when others benefit at a time when the overwhelming majority are suffering. Such is the case of […]
Staunton, April 24 – Many Russians make a clear distinction between “russky,” the Russian adjective for a member of the Russian ethnos, and “rossiyanin,” a noun designating anyone who is a subject of citizen of the Russian state. And many Russian nationalists dislike the former precisely because they say it demeans their ethno-national identity. But […]
Staunton, November 17 – Russian nationalists have long insisted that a supra-national non-ethnic Russian identity not only doesn’t exist but undermines Russian identity, but now one of their most prominent theorists is arguing the unthinkable. According to Pavel Svyatenkov, an ethnic Russian nation does not now exist while a Ukrainian nation very much does. Svyatenkov […]
