“Never forget the legacy,” Francis said in a video speech on Friday to young Catholics in St. Petersburg. “You are the heirs of Great Russia: Great Russia of saints, rulers, Great Russia of Peter I, Catherine II, that empire.”
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Prigozhin, Wagner Leader, Believed to Be on Plane in Deadly Russia Crash
All 10 people on a jet linked to Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the mercenary group, were killed on Wednesday, Russian officials said.
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Makes Some Gains, but Questions Remain
Kyiv has intensified its counteroffensive against the Russian invasion, but has kept things murky on the size of the assault, the casualties and what forces it still has in reserve.
Photos Suggest Prigozhin Is in Russia, Meeting African Officials
The whereabouts of the leader of the Wagner mercenary group has been a subject of continuing questions since an aborted mutiny last month.
Putin Promises Free Grain at Africa Summit, Aiming to Help Russia’s Image
At a summit for African countries, the Russian president insisted that Western hypocrisy rather than his invasion of Ukraine was to blame for disruptions in the global food supply.
Future of Prigozhin’s Vast Empire Is Clouded After Rebellion
Over decades, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin amassed considerable clout in Russia and built businesses in at least 15 countries. His whereabouts and the future of his extensive portfolio are now uncertain.
Putin Asserts Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has ‘No Chance’ at Economic Forum
By claiming to be in control at a pivotal moment, critics say, he can no longer pass any military failures off on others.
What We Know About the Bomb Attack on a Russian Pro-War Blogger
The killing of Vladlen Tatarsky came at a volatile moment in Russia, and could herald a further crackdown on dissent. Here’s how the case has developed so far.
Pro-War Bloggers Like One Killed in Bombing Are an Influential Group
The blogger killed in a bombing in St. Petersburg was one of the influential ultranationalists pushing for harsher pursuit of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Russia Accuses Dissidents and Ukraine of Killing Pro-War Blogger
The authorities detained a woman they said had delivered the bomb, hidden in a statuette, that killed the blogger, and called it the work of antigovernment activists and Ukraine.