I'm in Donbass for a few days. At the former McDonald's with @asafanasyev, now called MakDon 😂

I was recently in the Donbass and it is clear to me that this area of Russia will boom economically, and attract migrants from Europe and US. On Substack.

️ ⛸️ Moscow Tuesday evening family skate!

1 of biggest rinks in world, 16, 000 sq m, ie 3 ⚽ fields, not crowded. 2.5 hrs - $4, kids free. Lenin stadium.

Elton John on blast, perfect ice. Doesn't get better than this.

HEAVEN’S FORTRESS: A MIRACLE IN AVDEEVKA / RUSSIAN ARK

Avdeevka: A city ravaged by the horrors of war. Yet, in the midst of the destruction, still stands a Beacon of Hope for all of it's people; The Church of St. Mary Magdalene.

🕊 Watch this, our latest…

The building boom in Mariupol, liberated
Donbas is really extraordinary. I went there to see it first hand - now on Sυβst4ck.

Looking for a trad ☦️ Ortho wife? Hit me up. Met these girls at Xmas concert - they loved the idea of meeting US Christians + have lots of friends like them. Verba_music on Telegram. So many lovely trad Christian women here / shortage of men. Run into them…

Thanks President Trump for halting the illegal persecution of Americans for exercising their 1st amendment rights on J6.

We look forward to enjoying our porch in Lancaster PA again. The kids have grown a lot.

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Lavrov says US and Russia have agreed to reopen embassies, exchange ambassadors, and "reinstate normal functioning of diplomatic missions."

Classical 🎵🎻music in Moscow subway by far best in world. Here's why.
Supported by 'Music in the Metro' program of the metro system.
A thread. 🧵

Welsh Republic podcast 165 With @CBausman

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I speak with Charles Bausman about his career as a journalist, what it is like being a journalist in Russia, and living in Russia. We talk about his journey, Orthodox Christianity in Russia and around the world…

After careful thought, a couple from Novosibirsk, Russia, have named their firstborn son "Trump".

- popular Russian Telegram channel "Voda" today.

I visited Tikhon Shevkunov's new Christian "Theme park" in Crimea. It was great. Sυβst4ck link below.

Multifaceted, complex, intelligent, exhuberant, and very interesting - which is to say - ever so typically Russian and Russian Orthodox.

I just wrote an article about Tikhon's major project in Crimea. You'll see why they would love to ice him.
https://x.com/CBausman/status/1894725130456031652

Quoting Andrey Afanasyev (@asafanasyev)

BREAKING: FSB prevented a terrorist attack against Metropolitan…

Elpidophoros's bid to be Patriarch of Constantinople - the view from Moscow.
Latest on Sυβst4ck. Link below.

Moscow expects US meddling in Ukrainian Christianity to continue under a new Patriarch - the widely reviled (both in Moscow and among Orthodox faithful worldwide) - Elpidophoros.

If Russia takes Odessa, Moldova becomes a flashpoint - the little 'half-Russian' European country which matters. My latest on Sυβst4ck. Link below.

Moldova and EU viciously attack Orthdox Christianity. Link below.