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Russia’s ex-finance minister Alexei Kudrin criticized on Thursday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s remarks regarding the white ribbons worn by protesters at recent nationwide rallies against alleged electoral fraud.
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Vatican is "unfriendly" to Russia · 2006-12-06 14:20
Patriarch Alexy II, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has criticized the Vatican’s attitude to Russia, informs Mosnews.
Alexy II accused the Vatican of "extremely unfriendly policy", as Catholic priests work to convert Orthodox believers to Catholicism and discriminate against the Orthodox in western Ukraine.
"I hope the Vatican will undertake concrete steps to change the situation for the better," Alexy II was quoted as saying.
The Vatican denied the allegations, saying Catholic community in Russia is tiny ??” about 600,000 people in a country of 144 million.
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