Here, a worker shines up a hammer and sickle emblem at an exhibition in Moscow. | Maxim Marmur / AP . . ..…

Yerevan has tried in the past to draw Moscow-led alliance into backing Armenia in war with Azerbaijan, such attempts have failed due to Baku's positive relations with Moscow, Minsk and Astana. ..…

Last Moscow spy planes had flown within 30km of Russia's Kheimim Air Base Latakia and its Tartus sea base... ..…

But Moscow had no desire to be part of any American system, so it refused and ordered its minions to do the same. A relieved Washington then began building its order in the western half of the continent, as Moscow did the same in the East. ..…

When Kirill, patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, consecrated the new church of the Sretensky monastery last May, President Vladimir Putin was there. ... Lack of churches within a reasonable distance only partly explains the low attendance: Moscow’s many churches are often empty. ..…

We want to support the process of Ukraine's split from Moscow and for us to have our own church, said Lyudmyla Alekseyeva, 66, pensioner. ... Ahead of the meeting, Russian Orthodox Church called on international leaders to protect its followers Ukraine in the face of what it called official..…