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Christianity appeared in the form of the Apostolic Orthodox Church in the I century AD. The western branch, the Roman See, separated from the Orthodox Church in 1054. This branch had been stepping away from monotheism throughout its history. America was founded by Protestants, who separated from Roman Catholics under the slogan: We are exceptional

Russia conducted successful tests of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the prospective rail-mobile combat complex "Barguzin." The development of the complex is being conducted according to schedule. The missile drop tests were held on Plesetsk cosmodrone and were found fully successful

Speaking about Russian-Japanese relations in Lima, Peru, Russian President Putin said that the way to the peace treaty was not easy", but its absence between Russia and Japan was a relic of the past, which hindered the development of relations between the two countries. Russia's sovereignty over the Kuril Islands was established as a result of WWII

It is no secret that USA uses a variety of levers to control social and political life of other countries of the world. Financial support for civil societies of the countries, which the US establishment chose as a zone of strategic interests, is one of those tools. Russia tries to show resistance to this information war by promoting her own agenda

President Putin signed a decree on Russia's withdrawal from the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court after the latter called Russia's reunification with the Crimea an armed conflict. In 14 years of work, the ICC has produced a total of four sentences, having spent more than $1 billion on this work

The International Criminal Court in The Hague has equated Russia's reunification with the Crimea to a military action, in which Russia appeared as an aggressor. Why doesn't the ICC give its assessment to the conflict in the Donbas, even though the number of victims continues growing there like in a full-fledged military conflict?

Will the change of power in Washington and Trump's victory mean an improvement in the US-Russian relations? Does Russia have a hope? Republicans and Democrats share different approaches to Russia, but they all dislike Russia. The Republicans perceive Russia as a rock. They try to conquer this rock, but the Democrats act differently

Alexander III used to say that Russia has only two allies - its own army and its own navy. The All-Russian Movement for the Support of the Fleet exists for 25 years. Does Russia still have the same allies? Pravda.Ru editor-in-chief Inna Novikova asked this question to Mikhail Nenashev, the chairman of the movement

The fierce anti-Russian propaganda based on the "Putin brand" produces an opposite effect in the West too. The propaganda against Putin creates Putin's supporters and fans. During the presidential election in the United States, Western media paid too much attention to the fictional "Moscow's hand

"It is hard for me to understand the Russian MPs, who applauded to the news about Trump's election. Trump is the US President, and he will act in the interests of his country first and foremost," an analyst told Pravda.Ru. Trump's victory is not a perfect occasion for applause on Russia's part, yet, Russia has two reasons for restrained optimism

The number of predictions about the state of affairs in the US-Russian relations after the presidential election in the United States continues to grow. Former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky did not stay aside and predicted that there would be nothing good in the US-Russian relations after the election, regardless of who wins the vote

The United States continues an extremely aggressive campaign to accuse Russia of cyberattacks that may undermine confidence in the results of the US presidential election. US top officials have released quite a number of statements about possible responses to Russia that would at least create a stir inside the Kremlin

Russia is forced to take defensive measures against the backdrop of NATO's increasing activities on Russia's western borders, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu said. At the July summit in Warsaw, NATO member countries agreed to build up military forces in Eastern Europe. NATO undermines strategic stability, he added

Economist Yakov Mirkin gave another pessimistic forecast about the state of affairs in the Russian economy. According to him, Russia will face a decline in living standards, an economic setback and fluctuations in GDP growth on minimal levels. At the same time, international experts say that the Russian economy has been stabilizing

The recent publication of images of Russia's new intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" created quite a stir in Western media. In the West, they pay a lot of attention on Russian armed forces. In principle, the current series of publications fits the current anti-Russian hysteria trend. Russia has to take care of its own security

According to Putin, the United States is currently facing a plethora of problems - from the enormous public debt to police violence. "Yet, it appears that the US elites have nothing to say to their people, to calm down the society. It is much easier to divert people's attention to so-called Russian hackers, spies, agents of influence, and so on."

"With regard to the termination of water or electricity supplies - all this stands on the verge of a crime against humanity. Let's take a sufficiently large region with many millions of people living in it - 2.6 million people live in the Crimea - and cut the region from water and electricity supplies in winter," Putin said

Nadiya Savchenko, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, arrived in Moscow on October 26th to take part in the hearing at the Supreme Court of Russia on the case of two Ukrainian nationals. In 1994-1995, they fought in Chechnya against Russian federal forces. Today, they are considered heroes in Ukraine

Five countries outside the EU, but the ones that support the policy of Brussels, have extended sanctions against Russia for another six months. The list of these countries includes Ukraine, Montenegro, Albania, as well as Liechtenstein and Norway. All the discussions about easing the sanctions have been pushed back till the summer of 2017

The Russian Aerospace Forces operation in Syria has revealed some constructional deficiencies in the Russian military equipment, the Minister of Defence Sergey Shoygu said. Before that the Russian Defence Minister Shoygu reported that Russian state-of-the-art weapon had showed its reliability and efficiency in course of operation in Syria