Russia

In 2021 there were 100,000 more. The Republic of Tatarstan seems to be the only exception in the entire Federation. The drop in the birth rate continues. Young people are less committed and are not having children. Expert: "Families are not formed online".

It began in 2015, after Russia's annexation of the peninsula. The Islamic organisation Khizb ut-Takhrir was targeted. One of its representatives, Zekirja Muratov, sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for terrorism. Moscow wants to assert its undisputed sovereignty.

Today's headlines: India bans 54 more Chinese apps. Japanese beer giant abandons Myanmar. Internet under regime control in Cambodia. Palestinian man dies after clashes with Israeli soldiers. Kyrgyz farmers risk being left landless.

At the Angelus Francis spoke again about the crisis in Ukraine and called on the Virgin Mary to move “the conscience of the political leaders”. In the Gospel passage dedicated to the Beatitudes, the pontiff praises the “identity” of Jesus’ disciples who do not find joy “in money” or “material goods”, but “in the gifts they received every day from God: life, creation” and the desire “to share”.

The defection of Alexandrian priests to the Russian patriarchate seems unstoppable. The real “canonical war” within Orthodoxy is being played out today in Africa where Moscow's interests are as much spiritual as they are material, pastoral, political, liturgical and military.

Today's news: hundreds of Hong Kong residents queue for hours at the Shenzhen checkpoint to cross the border and flee the wave of infections in the territory; in Laos, one child in three experiences severe food insecurity; China will not renew passports for non-essential travel; Britain and mercenaries are blamed for riots in Almaty.

Today's headlines : the Chinese Communist Party orders local officials to monitor and prevent abortions among young people and singles; Gulf monarchies pay homage to the Arabian leopard; possible entry of Kabul into the economic corridor between China and Pakistan; new hotbeds of tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Today's headlines: Hong Kong reports its first Covid-19-related fatality in five months; Pakistan hunts for a healer who drove a nail into a pregnant woman's head to give her a son; Baghdad completes payment of 46 billion euros in compensation for the invasion of Kuwait; Beijing suspends the award ceremony for Russian skaters due to suspected use of banned substances (traces of marijuana).

The mandatory rules surrounding the Qr-Code are systematically disregarded. A powerless government, fails to contain Covid-19 infections. Bans resulting from the coronavirus have awakened the "apolitical" population, more so than Naval'nyj's anti-corruption campaigns.

Celebrations are underway for the 1,100th anniversary of the conversion of the Volga Bulgarians. Russia's Muslims are calling for the rediscovery of traditional values, such as the Orthodox patriarchate. The synergy of Islamic leaders with the Putin administration. The exaltation of Russian civilisation.

The Kremlin glosses over a meeting between Putin and Kadyrov. The Russian tsar seems incapable of containing the Islamist excesses of the Chechen satrap. A federal judge and his family have been targeted in Chechnya over allegations of torture in local prisons.

Today's headlines: athletes at the Winter Olympics accuse Beijing of human rights violations; in Myanmar, more and more families are "repudiating" relatives who oppose the military dictatorship; Pyongyang's cyber attacks have earned 45 million euros, used for the missile programme; Russian schools must submit collaboration with foreign institutes for government approval.