Religious persecution has grown in Russia since the country’s ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017 with Russian Evangelicals feeling the pressure. Last year, over 100 Russian individuals and 50 organizations were prosecuted for any type of religious activity.
Robert Mueller submitted his Special Counsel report this weekend which found that President Trump did not conspire or coordinate with Russians who interfered in the 2016 Presidential election.
Authorities in Vladivostok, the largest city in far eastern Russia, are planning to erect a gigantic statue of Jesus Christ on a site once designated for a monument of Vladimir Lenin.
Former informal advisor to President Trump, Roger J. Stone, Jr. was arrested early Friday morning for being a part of the Wikileaks scandal which led to the release of tens of thousands of stolen emails from Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, during the 2016 election campaign.
A new church, independent of the Russian Orthodox Church, is being created in the Ukraine. According to CBN, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the church would not be under Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s control or under the control of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Senate Intelligence Committee released two reports yesterday detailing the breadth of Russian social media disinformation campaigns in the US. One strategy caught my eye: the Russian-linked Internet Research Agency created a page it called “Army of Jesus.”
International observers were alarmed Monday by Russia’s announcement that they would be sending their S-300 missile defense systems to Syria.
Russia is claiming that Syria shot down one of its military planes and Israel is to blame for the 15 killed on the plane.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup started today with a match between Saudi Arabia and the host nation Russia at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow.
Russia is claiming that the Israeli Air Force launched a deadly strike on a T4 airbase in Syria.
