with its reach and influence will to power barely perceived in the west the power of the russian orthodox church. and the church settlement expansion course even abroad like here in paris and twenty sixteen at the consecration of a new orthodox cathedral. as head of the russian orthodox church carol mingles with them i see on the world stage with former u.s. president barack obama. pope francis chinese president xi jinping. syria's bashar al assad and of course the russian leader vladimir putin. the president and the patriarch are demonstrative little close allies two leaders united in their efforts to forge a new and ultraconservative russian identity. two leaders who share the same vision despite occasional differences in opinion. as a new actor on the international stage the russian church is asserting itself farsi on both the spiritual and the political front. carol before russians is the equivalent of the pope and a man hard to gain access to allowed our cameras to follow him for almost an entire year. in the thirty years since the fall of communism moscow has shaken off its soviet era drab

an actual fact this long been an orthodox church in paris opened by russian exiles on to the one nine hundred seventeen revolution. that it is and that the patriarch case of constantinople regarded as the first among equals in the eastern orthodox church. hero is the head of the largest orthodox church but the formal head of the orthodox world is the ecumenical patriarch of constantinople. piro is not at all happy about this paradox like the bridge and cure lays claim to speaking for the orthodox world in talks with rome he wants all orthodox churches to follow his lead when it comes to values it's that way but the patriarch of constantinople is not his ally in this enterprise or what the interferes and that creates tension over him and has been even appears right now. in his power struggle with constantinople carroll uses his political process and his community's numerical superiority to his advantage but he has one big weak point ukraine the country has the third largest all sort of population in the world in recent years after centuries under the moscow patriarchate it began turnin

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russian. orthodox church which is. you know we have also discussed issues regarding syria. both determined that the un resolution twenty two fifty four. choose not to go on last minute school should be implemented in full. russia turkey and iran have been participating in the. dialogues using the past on our format because currently the only effective mechanisms mechanism. that is. she's able to. productively a result of issues regarding syria and the region. and war and we have been discussing the option to expedite the launching of the. constitutional committee in syria. because the we are sure that the creation of this committee world. finally launched the geneva process so often mentioned by our western counterparts and we've also discussed the issue of restoring the humanitarian. and interest structural integrity which of syria. you and the possibility for the refugees to return to their homes and we have discussed the implementation of the memorandum agreed upon by our president by the heads of our states on the seventeenth of september twenty eighth. and we have disc

barrack now lives she has a clear view of the russian orthodox church from her window she tells us about her meetings with russian president vladimir putin. so mr clinton opens his. mouth and his phone number one. i find that it is an absolute tragedy that the soviet union comes down it is it is so sad that we used to be one big happy family and now there are these from tears and now any cost of one. mr mr president that's not the tool i said indeed for many of our inhabitants not only did the need any possible or said last but certainly the way they had three heads of siberia and other uncomfortable nations and how does president putin react and was he was he silent for a moment. no he. turned the page and came in the next. day used to be a lenin memorial here now it's advertising space. but there is one place in riga that stayed the same under every form of government in the central market. it's huge halls were originally constructed to house zeppelin airships the singer mara goes to the market often not peons and russians normally have little contact with each other but here they meet

orthodox church published its opinion. i quote, leningrad is an ideological construct, imposed upon the name of saint peter, in whose honour the city was named. a russianrvice was held on the steps of the cathedral, closed by the communists. church leaders want the name to bear the name of st peter. translation: do you know what our guiding light was? the words of saint peter himself, the impossible does happen. this was a surprising result, a slim but safe majority, voted yes to the referendum question whether leningrad should become st petersburg once more. translation: it was an indescribable feeling of great romantic illusions and hopes, that this was the first step at a great ladder. many of our hopes did not come to pass. for our final film, not come to pass. for ourfinalfilm, we head to the vatican city. in a surprise announcement in 1959, pope john xxiii called all the world's bishops and cardinals to rome to discuss modernising the church. the debate that became known as vatican two lead to major changes any practice and outlook of millions of catholics. rome, where this week there opens the vatican council, the largest and most important of a

russian orthodox chant. in the last minute countdown for me. to sign example one hundred russian believe and has president. that mission to above the separation of church and. safe russia. earth. home to millions of species a home worth saving. yes which of those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like news that protect the climate boost green energy solutions and reforestation. they create interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection and more determined to build something here for the next generation multiply the years the multimedia environment series on t w. o and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and passions are still running high in the u.k. and the rest of europe over briggs and all its potential implications a million protesters took to the streets of london in a mass rally last weekend they were calling for a second referendum on whether or not britain should see.

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one of the great est weapons within montenegro for russian influence is the serbian orthodox church. this continues to play an outsized role in shaping montenegrans' views of themselves and where their future lies. secondly, would argue, the lesson i learned, i want deputy assistant secretary at the state department when we enlarge nato in 2004 for central and european allies and made a fatal mistake. we believe our work is finished when these countries enter nato or the european union. it is absolutely the opposite. the work begins. we have to redouble our efforts to make sure that montenegro remains secure in the euro-atlantic community. the fact that russian gru members hatched a coup attempt in october of 2016 to prevent montenegro from joining nato tells you the steps that the kremlin will take to stop the forward march of these countries joining the west. so, sir, your leadership on that was very important. all of congress' leadership is important as the senate embraces ratifying an amended nato treaty to welcome the republic of north macedonia, another dramatic attempt that ru

nationalism and russian resentment and he's so increasingly charting what the past of ukraine as an independent entity and his you know he was store the independence of the ukrainian orthodox church he's brought back you know the idea of you know strong ukrainian state and culture he's been very much to the right on the issue of the ukrainian language etc by this far as you know looking to the future i don't think any of the candidates has proposed eighty concrete what about you give him a neck and neck with him she could make a big return to public and she is a has been i don't think anyone considers her or would consider her a fresh face in ukraine in politics a lot of voters seem to well there is still a likelihood that she may actually be able to do it you know to enter the second round you know the it is on after we leave it thanks very much for your insights certainly an interesting election shaping up here and now so to go into a second round back to you john i think you very much for that for now that's john what the latest live in can't thank you. now facebook's boss is calling for new rules to govern the internet had wants governments to share responsibility for policin