 · Freedom of expression · Freedom of conscience · Public protests · Moscow city & Moscow region On April 13, Maria Alekhina, a defendant in the case of the “punk prayer” held in the Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, addressed a letter to Orthodox believers in a spirit of reconciliation. *** "I have always held, and continue to hold, a belief that faith of any kind is something personal, and not political. Something childlike, internal, something that gives strength. Not an instrument for manipulation, not a weapon. But on the contrary – something able to defeat weapons." [Read more] |
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