This article talks about groups of Russian nationalists who are protesting Putin for being authoritarian. The protests occurred on National Unity day which has been promoted by Russian officials since 2005 in order to push patriotism. The holiday replaced a previous holiday which commemorated the Bolshevik revolution.
Patriarch Kirill and his family have millions of dollars in real estate. This hints at potential misuse of church funds or financial misbehavior in general on the Patriarch's part.
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, agreed to an ecclesiastical court's decision to excommunicate Sergii Romanov. This decision comes over a month after the original ruling by the Yekaterinburg court.
