"I have never worked for any intelligence [agency], be it Russian or any other. I have never had any tasks or duties or requests on their part," says the former head of foreign relations of the ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday condemned a move by Ukraine to ban a Moscow-linked branch of the Orthodox Church, describing it as an attack on Christianity and a blow to freedom of religion.

Dmitry Peskov pointed out that "these exercises in lawmaking are obviously censured in almost all countries of the world," as he recalled that the Vatican had already issued statements on the matter ...