Andrey Kuraev and Mikhail Ardov - about the results of the patriarchal ministry of Vladyka Kirill On February 1, it will turn five years old, Metropolitan Kirill was elected by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church on the local cathedral. Over the years, many scandals have occurred in the Russian Orthodox Church and around the Patriarch: the “two -legged” of the defendants in the Pussy Riot case, the exposure of the “bad patriarchal apartment”, the story with the “Breget” edged clock.

Why the capture of the Falluja radical Isismists did not surprise anyone A column with the Islamist militants near the Falluja. January 7, 2014 The beginning of the New Year showed: the Iraqi conflict has not gone anywhere, and we returned to its worst times-in the mid-2000s. Then the situation in Falludge and other cities of the province of Anbar got out of control and, going there on a business trip, it was necessary to double the precaution.

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On January 20, the defense and the prosecution have finished submitting evidence in the “swamp case”. The debate of the parties is scheduled for January 22. On this day, prosecutors will be punished. Now there are eight people in the dock, they have charged with participation in the riots and the use of violence against police officers. On January 20, the court partially satisfied the request of the prosecutor's office to announce the case file.

How to live Christians surrounded by Muslims Iraq was again on the verge of civil war. In early January, Sunni militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, close to Al-Qaeda, captured the strategically important city of Falludge, 60 km from Baghdad.

Virtual currencies conquer the world The world is experiencing explosive growth in the popularity of virtual currencies. Financial regulators of different countries felt a threat, but the process, it seems, can no longer be stopped: states will have to learn to coexist with private money Advertising stickers on the world's first bitcoin automatic in Vancouver (Canada).

Kyiv, Maidan: night from January 19 to 20. Reporting The New Times The opposition disappointed with the unwillingness of the opposition to truly fight the authorities, the people on the streets in Kyiv decided to lead the protest on their own. The radicals took up stones and smoke bombs, the police - for light -school grenades, tear gas and batons.

Whether a neo -Nazi cube extradits to Russia On January 22, the Moscow City Court will examine the appeal for the absentee arrest of the nationalist Tesak (Maxim Martsinkevich). Last weekend, Martsinkevich, put on the international wanted list on suspicion of arousing interethnic hatred, was detained in Cuba.