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  • Alexei II, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church has passed away.

    12/05/2008 1:20:50 AM PST · by FreedomCalls · 4 replies · 413+ views
    RIA Novosti (In Russian) ^ | 05/12/2008 | Staff
    (Google Translation) The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II has died, reported RIA Novosti on Friday from a source in the Moscow Patriarchate. Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad urgently left the meeting the World Russian People's Cathedral of Christ the Savior Cathedral, reports RIA Novosti correspondent.
  • Chaos on Demand [Information and population control in Russia.]

    06/18/2005 1:09:25 AM PDT · by familyop · 9 replies · 677+ views
    St. Petersburg Times ^ | 17JUN05 | Alexei Sitnikov
    While President Vladimir Putin steadily builds his vertical of power, his constituents seem to be experiencing a major shift in attitude away from a sense of stability and order toward feelings of anarchy and turmoil. According to an opinion poll conducted last month by the Levada Center, 43 percent of Russians think the country is headed toward anarchy. In 2004, only 2 percent shared similar feelings. This dramatic shift has occurred in the course of a single year. It appears to have very little to do with ordinary Russians' reactions to social and economic factors, and a lot to do...