The translation of Nesterenko was provided by Simon Pirani, the editor of “Voices Against Putin’s War,” a collection of court speeches by modern Russian dissidents published by Resistance Books. You can find all the info and a link to a free PDF here:

ukraine-solidarity.org/voices-again...

What prompted this outburst is not exactly clear, but Bartholomew has been in Moscow’s crosshairs for a while since he granted Ukrainian autocephaly in 2019 and condemned the Russian invasion in 2022 as “brutal violence”

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The SVR, an intelligence agency, explicitly labels the Patriarch the “Constantinople Antichrist,” claiming he is “literally tearing apart the living Body of the Church” and “likening himself to false prophets”

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It reads like a bad Telegram rant, but the SVR insists Bartholomew has “turned his black eye on the Baltic countries” to “oust Russian Orthodoxy,” employing “local nationalists and neo-Nazis” to “lure” priests into “puppet religious structures”

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Left: A note with an Ancient Greek epitaph on Navaly's grave: “A shipwrecked sailor, buried on this coast, bids you set sail. Full many a gallant bark, when we were lost, weathered the gale.” Right: syblom of anti-corruption protest. Photos: Alexandra Arkhipova’s archive (10/10)

The Borisov Cemetery in Moscow, where Alexei Navalny, who was killed in prison, was buried on March 1, 2024, has become a true “people’s memorial,” says anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipova. People still bring flowers and notes to the politician’s grave (9/10)