On February 7, 2024, the Latvia-based daily Novaya Gazeta published a Russian-language article by Russian Orthodox priest Andrei Kordochkin titled "The End of the Russian World"[1] describing the evolution of the concept of the "Russian World" in Russian society and government. The end of the Russian world. Pyotr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta Following is a translation of the
When Father Alexei Volchkov signed an open letter to the Russian government in March 2022 calling for peace and an end to the war in Ukraine, he knew there would be backlash. “What happened was inevitable, really,” he told The Moscow Times. “I was severely reproached by people who were close to me.