Showing posts with label Ukraine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ukraine. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

New Ukrainian Law Targets Ukrainian Orthodox Church for Ties to Russia

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Forum 18 reports  that Ukraine's Law No. 3894-IX ( full text in Ukrainian ) signed into law on August 24 came into force on Monday. Acco...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Russian Court Bans Online Sale of Souvenir Toilet Paper: Depiction Offends Feelings of Religious Believers

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Moscow Times and Vyorstka  reported yesterday that a Russian District Court in Moscow has banned the offering on four websites in Russia of...
Monday, July 31, 2023

New Ukrainian Law Moves Christmas To EDec. 25, Rejecting Russian Orthodox Date

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  AP reports that last Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law that moves the date on which Ukraine will celebrate Chr...
Wednesday, June 07, 2023

European Court: Ukraine Violates Human Rights Convention by Denying Legal Recognition to Same-Sex Couples

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In Maymulakhin & Markiv v. Ukraine , (ECHR, June 1, 2023), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment held that Ukraine vi...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

USCIRF Holds Hearing on Russian Violation of Religious Freedom Through Its Invasion of Ukraine

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Last Wednesday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a virtual hearing on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Implicati...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Three Chabad Rabbis Are On Russia's List Of Those Banned From Travel To Russia

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As reported by Axios , Russia last Saturday released a list of 963 Americans  who are banned from traveling to Russia in retaliation for Ame...
Sunday, May 22, 2022

NYT Details Russian Orthodox Patriarch's Important Support For Invasion Of Ukraine

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The New York Times yesterday posted a long article detailing the crucial support given by Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill I...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

U.S. Sanctions On Russia May Lead To Chabad Recovering Assets In Suit Over Return Of Jewish Library Collection

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As previously reported , in 2013 the D.C. federal district court held the Russian government and three of its agencies in civil contempt for...
Monday, March 21, 2022

USCIRF Warns of Religious Oppression By Russians In Ukraine

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Last week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a press release warning that Russia will likely target religious c...
Friday, March 11, 2022

Israel's Chief Rabbi Proposes Special Court To Aid Ukrainian Refugees In Proving Religious Status

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Jewish Press  and Israel Hayom  yesterday reported that Israel's Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau in a letter to Israel's attorney ge...
Wednesday, March 09, 2022

Sanctions On Russian Financial Firm Leads Counsel To End Representation In Litigation Over Recovery Of Jewish Books From Russia

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As previously reported , for nearly two decades Agudas Chasidei Chabad has been attempting to recover from the Russian government two exprop...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Putin's Grievances Include Split In Ukraine's Orthodox Churches

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As the world's attention is focused on Russia's claims on Ukraine, there has been less reporting on the tensions between Russian and...
Friday, September 24, 2021

Ukrainian Parliament Outlaws Antisemitism

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  JTA reports  that the Ukrainian Parliament on Wednesday passed a law banning "antisemitism and its manifestations."  The vote wa...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Ukrainian Region Bans Baptist Books, Including Gospel of John

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In the Luhansk region of Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels have proclaimed the Luhansk People's Republic.  It is not recognized internationall...
Tuesday, January 01, 2019

Split of Ukrainian Orthodox Church From Moscow Looms

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The New York Times reported yesterday that in a move having significant political as well as religious significance, the Ukrainian Orthodo...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Obama Appoints Delegation To Babi Yar Commemoration

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Yesterday President Obama announced the appointment of a Presidential Delegation to attend the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the...
Tuesday, November 03, 2015

New Study Examines Power of Orthodox Churches In Former Soviet Republics

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The London-based Foreign Policy Centre last week (Oct. 28) released a 79-page report ( full text ) titled Traditional Religion and Political...
Saturday, August 01, 2015

Russian Culture Ministry Takes Over Crimean Historic Religious Site

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AP reports that Russia's President Vladimir Putin today placed an important archaeological site in the Crimea under control of the Russ...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Split Developing In Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

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The New York Times posted an article yesterday titled  Ukrainian Church Faces Obscure Pro-Russia Revolt in Its Own Ranks, detailing an &quo...
Thursday, March 06, 2014

Ukraine's Jewish Leaders Dispute Putin's Charges Of Anti-Semitism In Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a news conference ( full text ) on Tuesday at which he attempted to justify recent Russian actions in ...