Patriarch Kirill interrupted the Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the early hours of April 12 to thank Vladimir Putin for transferring two icons from the Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church, the independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo reported.
According to the Estonian Internal Security Service, the Estonian Christian Orthodox Church (ECOC), despite formally declaring administrative independence
By Serhii Zhukov and Maksym Vikhrov, for EUvsDisinfo One weapon in the hybrid arsenal Russia has deployed against Ukraine is the issue of religion. Russia has exploited the Orthodox Church to carry out various destructive actions on the ground, including through Foreign Information Manipulation a
The Estonian Christian Orthodox Church adopted a new name and new statutes in 2025 — but Estonia's internal security service found the changes cosmetic, with Moscow Patriarch Kirill's oversight departments still directing its activities.
