The head of the Russian Orthodox church has backed what is planned to be Russia’s first monument to Ivan the Terrible, the controversial ruler who killed his own son.
The Guardian: Russian Orthodox church head backs Ivan the Terrible sculpture
Members of Russia's Olympic team, the country's Olympic Committee (ROC) president Alexander Zhukov and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill pose for a group photograph at Sobornaya Square in Moscow's Kremlin on July 27.
