Vladimir Rozanskij

Fr Vjačeslav Barok published an image of a work of art with a swastika and the inscription: "Stop Lukashism". Fr Vitalij Bystrov, a Greek Catholic, married with three children, only stopped in front of a protest. The bishop of Minsk: "Repression of Catholic Church in our country increasing."

Anyone who receives money from abroad is a suspect. For Duma official, “Anyone who receives money from foreigners will have to explain to the citizens of Russia whose interests they are promoting.” The bill is meant as a “clean-up” job before next year’s election.

Instead of large demonstrations, the tactic of the “March of the neighbours” has been launched: social media chat groups unite entire blocks of flats and apartment buildings to “take a walk” in the park or go to church. This allows for fewer arrests and less violence. Kolesnikova talks about her imprisonment and the prospects for the protest: "The relationship of trust not only towards the president, but towards the whole state system, has broken down." "We are not an opposition; we are the Belarusian people".

The Belarusian bishops cite the Gospel and the social doctrine of the Church. They point to Pope Francis and his request for those in power to listen to their citizens and guarantee respect for human rights and civil liberties. Russian priests and laity: The violence against the population reminds us of the "bestialities of the Nazi occupiers and the Soviet executioners". Lukashenko compared to Herod in the massacre of the innocents. Signatories of the appeal include singers, journalists, scholars.

The country's multi-ethnicity, its religiosity, are being questioned. Above all, the new charter allows the president to run several times in the elections. According to political scientist Askat Dukenbaev, all these discussions are "a weapon of mass distraction".

In the document, published in Toronto, the president is termed a "dictator", "executioner of the Belarusian people" and "possessed by the devil". The Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church is chaired by Archbishop Svyatoslav Login and is linked to the Ukrainian Church recognized by Constantinople. In Minsk demonstrations, strikes and layoffs.

Irinej of Serbia and Feofan of Kazan died of Covid-19. Both were loved not only by the Orthodox, but by the entire population and by members of other religions. The spiritual father Feodor Pestretsov, from the diocese of Nizhny Novgorod, and the Armenian Sepukh Chuldzhan, head of the diocese of Gugarsk, has also died.

Archbishop Jurij Kosobutskij and protoierej Sergej Lepin criticized the destruction of a memorial for Roman Bondarenko, who was killed by the police. The prosecutor - invited by Lukashenko to take a stand - accuses them of going against the constitution. The Catholic Bishop: Let us also pray for the conversion of those whose hands are soiled with the people’s blood.

He is commissioner of the Court of Auditors, ex-minister for construction and ex-governor of the Ivanovo region. He is accused of embezzling 700 million rubles (about 7.5 million euros). He is an advocate of several liberal initiatives. His father was one of the great protagonists of Russia's exit from communism, assassinated in 1990.

Lukashenko stated this in an interview on the Tut.by website yesterday. Protests against fraud in presidential elections exceede 100 consecutive days. Police continue arrests even in private homes. New economic sanctions are on the way against Belarusian state-owned companies and companies closest to Lukashenko.

The new pro-European president won 53% of the votes. The outgoing president was explicitly supported by Putin. The vote of Moldovans abroad is fundamental. An apparently peaceful political changeover, unlike Belarus.

The project desired by Patriarch Kirill, of a new, large seat of the patriarchate in Sergiev Posad, 70 km from Moscow, has been cancelled from the zoning plans in recent days. The reasons: perhaps the cost is too high (1.5 billion euros); or perhaps Moscow's break with the other autocephalous Orthodox Churches, due to Ukraine.