Putin's Reunited Russian Church
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The historic and emotional reconciliation of warring Russian Orthodox divisions may signal the globalization of Russian nationalism
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It should come as no surprise that Russian President Vladimir Putin has used the horrific terrorist attack in Beslan in southern Russia to justify the consolidation of power in his own hands.
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President George Bush last night welcomed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to his summer retreat in Kennebunkport, Maine, at the start of an encounter of less than 24 hours designed to patch up deteriorating relations between the two powers.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday on becoming leader of Ukraine, nearly a month after a re-run presidential election in Russia's ex-Soviet neighbor.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his commitment to a stronger government and said Sunday that religious and ethnic extremist groups pose a threat and must be stopped.
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Russia's Red Army choir sings and Cossacks dance for a delighted Pope John Paul II in the heart of the Vatican.
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The drive by a revitalized Russian Orthodox Church to weave its tenets into the education system has prompted a backlash.
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Chances of a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the Russian Patriarch Alexy II at a neutral location are improving, a top official in the Russian Orthodox Church was quoted as telling a German magazine this week.
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Orthodox Christianity is made a compulsory school subject in four of Russia's regions.
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The Russian government has returned to making select "acquisitions."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  congratulated Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday on becoming leader  of Ukraine, nearly a month after a re-run presidential election  in Russia's ex-Soviet neighbor.
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President Vladimir V. Putin has ensured his dominance of the Russian government even after his term ends.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts the resignation of the government of PM Mikhail Fradkov.
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA (ANS/BosNewsLife) -- A Vatican cardinal has handed a rare icon back to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow as a personal gift from Pope John Paul II, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported Saturday, August 28.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Benedict XVI met Tuesday for the highest-level Kremlin-Vatican talks in more than three years, focusing on easing tension between Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians and finding common ground in denouncing intolerance and extremism.
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Vatican City, Aug. 25--Pope John Paul II on Wednesday kissed a treasured Russian icon and sent it back to Moscow as a sign of his affection for the Russian Orthodox Church and his desire to end
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The last week was marked with a very important event in Russia. It took the state a year to accomplish that: President Putin virtually acknowledged at the press conference in the Kremlin that the main objective