The Russian National Guard raided a mosque, forcing worshipers to enlist in the army. A finalist in a musical reality show was among the draftees.

The Head of the Chechen State awarded his son a medal after he extrajudicially beat a prisoner accused of burning a Qu'ran.

Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, 35,000 Hassidic Jews went on a pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine, for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

A former priest of the Russian Orthodox Church was sentenced to three years in prison for "fakes" about the Russian army.

A Russian Orthodox priest called for peace. In response, the church said pacifism is "incompatible" with Orthodox teachings.

What does it take to rebuild a church and a community, in the back of nowhere?

A Russian scientist steps over into the realm of the ludicrous.

The editors of the religious website Holy Fire have called for the defrocking of 293 priests who last year signed a petition demanding an end to hostilities in Ukraine.

The Primate of Ukraine conducted Christmas Liturgy in a Kyivan cathedral formerly used by the Moscow Patriarchate.

Patriarch Kirill says that Russians can fast-track their way to heaven by fighting in Ukraine.

A St. Petersburg priest faces up to ten years in prison for speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

Russia's 2022 Easter proceedings were tainted by the ongoing war in Ukraine.