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In May, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law No. 7172-1 that will ban opposition parties and seize their property. The law targets opposition parties if they deny the armed aggression against Ukraine.The law includes actions that support the Russian Federation and Republic of Belarus, the two invading countries.The news was first published on the Ukrainian news website UKRinform. This news was reported the same day US GOP Senators paid him a visit in Kyiv to show their support.Zelenskyy also closed all of the TV stations and consolidated them into one state-run channel.“Ukraine has had to take extraordinary measures to...

Moscow, January 26, Interfax - The passage of a resolution condemning totalitarian communist regimes by the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) might led to armed actions against countries that are still guided by the communist ideology, said Professor Andrei Kurayev of the Moscow Religious Academy. "The PACE rapporteurs' attempt to equalize communism and Nazism implies the justification of any forms of counterpropaganda, the justification of confrontation and violence against communist regimes in general," Father Andrei told Interfax. If communist China, North Korea, or Cuba is put on the same level with Nazi Germany, this implies "a carte blanche for...

The rally in Kiev calls to establish a Union of the Orthodox Nations of Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia Moscow, December 1, Interfax - The Union of Orthodox Citizens in Ukraine and the Progressive Socialist Party are holding on Thursday in Kiev a rally against Ukraine’s joining NATO and ‘for the rebirth of the Union of the Orthodox Nations of Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia’. The rally, which has gathered together over 20 thousand people by the organizer’s estimation, has been planned to coincide with the EU-Ukraine Summit to take place today, the organizers have reported to Interfax from Kiev by telephone....

Churches help rebuild Afghan mosque By Art Moore © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com American churches are raising funds to help rebuild a mosque damaged by U.S. bombing in Afghanistan. Bishop Mark Sisk of the Episcopal diocese of New York initiated the idea as part of a "Ground Zero to Ground Zero" relationship "of innocents caught in the storm of international war," according to his newsletter. The Qarabagh District Mosque, located in the village of Estalif, 40 miles north of Kabul, was hit last fall after the Taliban occupied it for use as a military base, according to local residents. The villagers said...