Russia on Monday marked the anniversary of its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, move condemned by Kiev and its Western allies and celebrated by most Russians... ... Putin signed agreement on March 18, 2014 with local representatives to make Crimea part of Russia, two days after..…

The alliance with Mongols, through the payment of tribute to Golden Horde, allowed Russia to preserve Orthodox Christian faith against the expansionism of Western Christianity. With the transfer of Metropolia from Kiev to Vladimir subsequently to Moscow by Metropolitan Peter I, the..…