Two church figures arrested in plot to blow up Russian priest know as Putin’s confessor

The Independent

The Independent

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In Moscow lies a corpse the tsar fears so much his spies still guard the grave.
Daily Mail
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There was no immediate reaction from Kyiv to the allegation.
Reuters
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Shevkunov was appointed Metropolitan of Crimea after Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and was decorated by Putin in 2024.
The Moscow Times
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Tikhon’s assistant, Denis Popovich, a Ukrainian resident in Russia, was named by the FSB as a suspect in the alleged plot, which it said had been ordered by the Ukrainian intelligence services and involved planting and detonating a bomb in Tikhon’s cells in the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow.
Novaya Gazeta. Europe

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