Moldovan authorities have prevented an Orthodox bishop from bringing back the Holy Fire from Jerusalem

Police in Chisinau earlier prevented Bishop Marchel of the Moldovan Orthodox Church from undertaking a ritual visit to Jerusalem

The FSB has reported preventing a Ukrainian bomb blot in the city of Novorossiysk

Russia is committed to resolving the crisis, the Kremlin has said, after the US president stated he wanted an answer about a peace agreement

Kiev has repeatedly violated a moratorium on energy strikes, Russia’s envoy to the UN has said

The Ukrainian leader has signed a decree to prolong martial law and general mobilization in the country until August

Bishop Marchel was prevented from flying to Jerusalem for the Holy Fire ceremony on supposed grounds that he had arrived late to the airport

Bishop Marchel was prevented from leaving Moldova while making a new attempt to travel to Jerusalem for the Holy Fire ceremony

Bishop Marchel has spoken to RT after being repeatedly prevented from traveling to the Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem

The Moldovan pro-EU government’s attacks on the Orthodox Church are “outrageous,” a senior MP told RT

The Moldovan opposition has blasted the government for “pressuring” the nation’s largest church

Critics have called the Sunny Bunny’s Easter week timing offensive while organizers are defending it as a scheduling coincidence

Chisinau has disregarded its citizens by preventing a bishop from traveling to Jerusalem, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said

Moscow will pause hostilities with Kiev for 30 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced

Russia and Ukraine have returned 246 prisoners of war each, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has announced

Kiev has launched ten strikes within the past 24 hours, targeting power lines and a gas pipeline, the Defense Ministry has said

Ukraine’s leader has proposed extending the truce beyond the 30-hour period offered by Russia

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has asked whether Friedrich Merz may be planning a return to one of the country’s darkest times

Vladimir Putin’s top aide has said that Donald Trump understands the “root cause” of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

Russia’s intelligence agency says resistance to “Eurofascism” is a common cause for Moscow and Washington