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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Jan. 5, ordered a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas.   This is the first major truce of the more than 10-month long war.   Putin ordered the ceasefire to begin on Jan. 6, the Kremlin said.   Many Orthodox Christians, including those …

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church claims Russian soldiers who die in the war against Ukraine will be cleansed of all their sins, days after President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s first mobilisation since World War Two.   Patriarch Kirill is a key Putin ally and backer of …