Be a Jew - and this does not matter

The Russian Orthodox Church understands the "ritual murder" of the royal family exclusively "revolutionary, Bolshevik retribution." This was stated by the Secretary of the Patriarchal Commission on the study of the results of the examination of the Yekaterinburg remains "Bishop Egorievsky Tikhon (Shevkunov), RIA" Novosti " reports .

As Shevkunov explained, it was a “revolutionary ritual, about symbolism, they talked about ritual Bolshevik retaliation,” and in this case there is no national or religious context.

"I had a conversation with the head of the largest Jewish community of Russia Alexander Moiseevich Beard (President of the Federation of Jewish communities of Russia. Ed.). He called me, I explained to him our position, and, as I understand it, he was absolutely satisfied with this conversation and explanation that everything was shifted," Shevkunov said.

According to the bishop, the Russian Orthodox Church "is amazed" watching publications in the media on the topic of examinations of the remains of the family of Emperor Nicholas II, and assured that only full documentary material will be the result of the investigation. “We must present both the churches and society only a full documentary material. We do not accept anything else. Nothing far -fetched, nothing sucked from a finger,” Shevkunov noted.

On Monday, at a scientific conference dedicated to the latest results of examinations of the so -called royal remains, Shevkunov said: "We have the most serious attitude to the version of the ritual murder. Moreover, a significant part of the church commission has no doubt that this was so." After that, the senior investigator for especially important cases of the Investigative Committee of Marina Molodtsova said that the investigation plans to appoint a psychological and historical examination to find out if the execution of the royal family was a ritual murder .

"The investigation is planned to be the appointment of a psychological and historical forensic examination to resolve the issue related, inter alia, with the possible ritual nature of the murder of a royal family," Molodtsova said. According to her, an expert council is being formed for this, which will include researchers of the Academy of Sciences, Moscow and St. Petersburg universities, historians, archivists and priests of the Russian Orthodox Church. The conduct of this study will become possible after receiving the conclusion of the historical and archival examination, which experts are currently working on, Molodtsova noted.