Новости за 01.06.2011

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 1 – “Up to 10,000” young people from the North Caucasus are studying or have studied Islam abroad where they have received “doubtful ideological positions,” the Russian presidential plenipotentiary for the region says, and officials are working on a program to re-adapt them to life inside the Russian Federation.

In an interview in today’s “Vedomosti,” Aleksandr Khloponin says that Moscow “cannot prevent” people from travelling abroad given that “Russia has... Читать дальше...

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 1 – Patriarch Kirill is continuing to divide up the existing bishoprics within the Russian Orthodox Church in order to strengthen his control of local parishes, some of whom have gone their own way in the much larger sees inherited from the Soviet past, according to a leading Moscow specialist on religious affairs.

In a comment reported by “Kommersant,” Roman Lunkin, the director of the Moscow Institute of Religion and Law, says that Patriarch Kirill’s decision to form new eparchates... Читать дальше...

Paul Goble

Staunton, June 1 – “If the 20th century was the century of minorities,” the director of the Moscow Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology says, “the 21st century will be the century of the majority in the sense of recognizing its interests, demands and rights,” a view likely to please Russian nationalists even as it frightens national minorities in that country.

In a comment posted on the “Russky zhurnal” portal, Valery Tishkov, often the object of attack by Russian nationalists... Читать дальше...

James Waterson and Lauren Lynch report on the latest results from the French Open and what some of the biggest names in the game are tweeting. The men's and women's semifinals have been set, as Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Li Na and Maria Sharapova won their matches today. French Open officials are refusing to release the name of the ball boy who ran onto the court during a point in the fifth set of Murray's match against Viktor Troicki, and the women's semifinal matches will be played tomorrow.

I don't know when the hell the last time there was a quiz on BuzzFeed, so here's my shot at bringing it back. Today's quiz is Rodent or No-Dent. Simple Quiz: Just answer 'yes' or 'no' to whether you think the following animals are rodents. (Info via Mentalfloss)