The Russian Orthodox Church enthroned a new leader Sunday at Moscow's spectacular Christ the Savior Cathedral in a ceremony attended by Russian leaders and Christian delegations from around the world.
From white-bearded monks and babushka-clad women to top Kremlin officials, thousands of people turned out to pay final respects Tuesday to the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Alexy II.
The last czar and his family were victims of political repression, Russia's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, formally restoring the Romanov name and furthering a Kremlin effort to encourage patriotism by celebrating the country's czarist past
It was 90 years ago Thursday that Russia's last royal family was executed -- but this year's anniversary comes with scientific proof ending years of speculation that some of the Romanovs managed to survive.
Members of a doomsday cult are refusing to leave their hideout in a cave in southern Russia in spite of intervention from their leader, a government official said Friday, adding pressure to a stand-off with the authorities that one side believes will only end with the apocalypse.
Members of a Russian doomsday cult barricaded themselves in a cave to wait out the end of the world as the cult's leader underwent psychiatric exams Thursday, Russian media reported.
Prosecutors said Friday they have reopened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the last Russian czar and his family nearly 90 years ago after an archaeologist said the remains of Nicholas II's son and heir to the throne may have finally been found.
The Russian Orthodox Church enthroned a new leader Sunday at Moscow's spectacular Christ the Savior Cathedral in a ceremony attended by Russian leaders and Christian delegations from around the world.
From white-bearded monks and babushka-clad women to top Kremlin officials, thousands of people turned out to pay final respects Tuesday to the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Alexy II.
The last czar and his family were victims of political repression, Russia's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, formally restoring the Romanov name and furthering a Kremlin effort to encourage patriotism by celebrating the country's czarist past
It was 90 years ago Thursday that Russia's last royal family was executed -- but this year's anniversary comes with scientific proof ending years of speculation that some of the Romanovs managed to survive.
Members of a doomsday cult are refusing to leave their hideout in a cave in southern Russia in spite of intervention from their leader, a government official said Friday, adding pressure to a stand-off with the authorities that one side believes will only end with the apocalypse.
Members of a Russian doomsday cult barricaded themselves in a cave to wait out the end of the world as the cult's leader underwent psychiatric exams Thursday, Russian media reported.
Prosecutors said Friday they have reopened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the last Russian czar and his family nearly 90 years ago after an archaeologist said the remains of Nicholas II's son and heir to the throne may have finally been found.
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