Pope Francis defrocked former American Cardinal and Archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarick. The Vatican found him guilty of pedophilia and harassment, reports RTVI . The Holy See recognized that McCarick violated the biblical sixth commandment ("thou shalt not commit adultery") with both minors and adults. In addition, he was accused of harassing parishioners during confession. Pope Francis confirmed that this decision is final and not subject to appeal.

What they say in Russia and in the West On February 15, the founder of the investment company Baring Vostok, Michael Calvey, was detained in Moscow. He is suspected of fraud for 2.5 billion rubles. Five other people are also involved in the case. The New Times collected the opinions and comments of experts, as well as Russian and foreign media covering this event.

The Baring Vostok case as the struggle of two views on the problem of a “good investment climate” - explains Dmitry Butrin The story that happened to Baring Vostok on Friday is quite rational to express exactly as they said about this on Friday. Indeed, it is difficult not to believe in the conspiracy of the Federal Security Service against the investment climate.