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(Mine) Metropolitan Kirill: “Lord have Mercy. Did he really ask, “…why were the Oreshniks not released as the US & Tel Aviv saw this move as weak. Why did it not happen and will it happen?” Son, this venue ain’t the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). And no worldly weapon is gonna win this War”

Background:

💠 Official channel of the Synodal Department for Interaction with the Russian Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies:
⭕ The Synodal Department for Interaction with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies held an award ceremony for military correspondents

On June 3, 2025, the Chairman of the Synodal Department for Interaction with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk, met with military journalists and correspondents who, in the course of their work, actively cover the activities and service of the military clergy in the SVO zone.

Among them:

• Host on the Solovyov Live channel, Sergei Karnaukhov ;
• Olga Kiriy
• Klim Poplavsky
• Pepe Escobar
• Angelica Karetkina
• Artemy Bubentsov
• Denis Grigoryuk
• Alexander Maklionov

For their contribution to the coverage of the service of military clergy in the SVO zone, they were all awarded the medal of the Order of the Blessed Prince Dmitry Donskoy.

🇷🇺 Military Department of the Moscow Patriarchate