Obama Administration Cracks Down on States' Efforts to Defund Planned Parenthood

The Obama Administration says that the recent action taken by Louisiana and Alabama to defund Planned Parenthood is in violation of federal law.

Court bans LGBT march in Odessa

The Odessa District Administrative Court has banned an equality march in Odessa which representatives of the LGBT community planned to conduct.

Rating: 10|Votes: 2

DECR staff members take part in congress organized by International Council for Central and Eastern European Studies

On 7-10 August 2015, an international meeting of Old Believers took place in Ulan-Ude, marking the 250th anniversary of the arrival in Buryatia of the first Old-Rite settlers.

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UOC asks Constantinople not to interfere in church affairs in Ukraine

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church criticizes officials of the Constantinople Patriarchate for interfering in church affairs in Ukraine.

Rating: 7,3|Votes: 3

Number of young people joining Islamic State declines sharply in Chechnya - Kadyrov

According to Kadyrov, issues concerning the fight against extremism and Wahhabism cannot be removed from the agenda as long as this terrorist group, which the Chechen head called 'Iblis State' (Iblis means devil in Arabic), continues to exist.