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Recently, the Russian Orthodox church, which has been experiencing a great revival in post-Soviet Russia, has set its sites on the ex-Soviet republics.  On January 16th, the Patriarch of the church, Kiril Frolov,aimed to visit Astana, Kazakhstan.  However, due to fog blocking the airplane, he was rerouted to Almaty, Kazakhstan’s commercial center.
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I reported this story for NewEurasia (complete with pics and video here.)

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The Republic of India and its constitution just turned 60 years old (but actually independent India is two years older,) causing a flurry of introspection among India-based and Western-based commentators alike with the obvious hearken back to Gandhi, Nehru, and how India didn’t turn out to be Pakistan as well as the wonder of having [...]