The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew made this statement during his sermon at the liturgy on the feast of Saint Paraskeva Friday.

The film screening genre has become loved by Russian directors. In “Social Security”, up to 70 projects at different stages of production participate for the right to cause nostalgia for the right to cause nostalgia for the right Frame from the animated film "Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Snakes" Tales filled the screen. The number of “magic” stories removed has already exceeded seven dozen! It looks not even a boom - it is like a pandemic.

The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church sharply reacted to the sexual scandal around the head of the Budapest-Hungarian diocese. But it's not about Harassment Metropolitan Ilarion Budapest and Hungarian. Photo: Sofya Sandurskaya / TASS The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church sharply reacted to the revealing publication of one of the emigrant media about Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev) - a bright and recognizable Russian hierarch. It can be stated that his church career is completed.

Army General, Hero of Russia Dmitry Bulgakov The 69-year-old Army General, Hero of Russia Dmitry Bulgakov is suspected of a “corruption crime”, he was arrested and placed in a Butyrka pre-trial detention center, Interfax said . The SK confirmed that the composition of the criminal case of General Bulgakov was “corruption”, without details in the department confirmed that investigative actions are “conducted” with a senior military.

Publicist and dissident Alexander Goldfarb on the trial with Channel One and the exchange of political prisoners in the USSR In the new episode of the podcast "The Deliberation Room" - a conversation with the publicist and Soviet dissident Alexander Goldfarb. The reason for talking to him is the "case of journalist Evan Gershkovich", a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, who was sentenced on July 19 to 16 years in a maximum security prison colony for espionage.

An entrepreneur and political prisoner Dmitry Skurikhin was released from a colony near St. Petersburg, he has five children Dmitry Skurikhin with his wife Tatyana and daughter Ulyana at the exit from the colony. Photo: Alexey Dushutin / "New Gazeta" Hardly losing weight, short -cut and completely shaved, in a prison robe and cap, with a huge bag and package Dmitry Skurikhin left the correctional colony No. 5 in Metallostroy (village near St. Petersburg) today at exactly 11.00.

The funds will be used for the country's reconstruction and defense, according to a press release from the European Commission. "There is no better and more symbolic use for the Kremlin's money than to to turning Ukraine and all of Europe into a safer place to live!" Ursula von der Leyen, re-elected as head of the executive branch, commented on the decision of the European Commission.

The law on regulation of cryptocurrency is just for someone a way to earn. And Russia has already missed its chance Photo: Dmitry Korotaev / Kommersant Years passed from the bright beginning of the "gold fever" in the virtual space. The Bitcoin course can be heard on the radio, the word “cryptocurrency” can be embarrassed - to this day there are a lot of skeptics - but not surprise. Some services disappeared, others appeared.

The increase in the Central Bank rate will entail a revision of bank deposit rates, which have already been growing recently, reaching 19% for large operators. The rate also directly affects the rate of bank loans. They have also been growing recently. For example, the minimum rate on a mortgage in Russia, even before today's increase in the key rate, rose to a record 19% in Sber. And a consumer loan in the same Sber starts at 20% per annum.

The French national railway company SNCF has announced barbaric attacks by unknown persons on its infrastructure. This includes arson of equipment, damage to the railway track - to the north, west and east of Paris. Flight cancellations and delays affected about 800,000 people, Figaro reports . Seasonal vacations and major sporting events made July traffic one of the busiest of the year. French Eurostar high-speed suburban trains also encountered difficulties.

Dmitry Skurikhin came out of the IK. Photo: "Paper"* Rural entrepreneur Dmitry Skurikhin, the owner of the store in the Russian-Vysotsky Leningrad Region, was released today, having served a period of 1.5 years for a second “discredit” of the army. He did not admit himself guilty, and in the last word he asked him to free him from custody. “Discrediting” was found in Skurikhin’s single shares - on February 24, 2023, he knelt with a poster dedicated to his.

We publish fresh cards of affairs of Russian political prisoners Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" Almost every week new names appear on the lists of political prisoners. They are all united by one thing: these people did not commit violence and called for it, but they became victims of targeted persecution by the state for their opinions and life position.

The State Duma has adopted a very strange bill, which deprived the military of many means of communication and management. What is the essence of the "telephone scandal" Exhibition "Equipment" at VDNH. Photo: Sergey Savostyanov / TASS In the morning of July 23, the media, social networks, and then in the Duma flared up a short, but unprecedented scandal related to the legislative innovation of the defense committee.

“We live in the largest country in the world. And we are becoming less every year. You can only cope with this by an increase in the average birth rate. It is now at a terribly low level - 1.4. This is comparable to European countries, Japan, and so on. But this is catastrophic for the future nation, ” said the press secretary of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov, speaking at the festival of new media.

As in Russia, for the sake of entertainment and money, the Himalayan bears are destroyed. Report from the Far East Photo: Sergey Kolchin In May of this year, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia proposed changing the rules of hunting and allowing to kill brown and Himalayan bears all winter. The initiative caused a great resonance, because in winter the bears are in a state of sleep, give birth to cubs and cannot protect themselves.