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Serbian member of the Presidium of BiH Milorad Dodik appeared when summoned by the country's prosecutor's office, testifying in the case of the icon of St. Nicholas from Lugansk. The Bosniak government is thus using the scandal fanned by Ukraine to try to topple the inconvenient leader of the Bosnian Serbs, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In connection with this case, the Prosecutor's Office previously questioned the Ambassador of BiH in Moscow, Zeljko Samardzhia. Now…

Kiev is interested in Ukrainian experts joining the investigation into the ownership of the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, which was presented by the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Milorad Dodik to Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Sarajevo on December 14-15, 2020. This was stated on Tuesday by the Ambassador of Ukraine to BiH Vasily Kirilich during a meeting with the Bosnian minister...

Serbian member of the Presidium of BiH Milorad Dodik said that Ukraine to this day has not responded to his administration’s request whether Kyiv was looking for the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, which he gave to Sergei Lavrov. Dodik told the SRNA agency about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Serbian member and rotating chairman of the BiH Presidency Milorad Dodik said today that in…

The Ambassador of BiH to Russia, Zeljko Samardzija, handed over the icon of St. Nicholas to the Administration of the Serbian member of the Presidium of the country, Milorad Dodik. The three-hundred-year-old image from Lugansk was stored in a safe in the office of the politician, who is currently undergoing treatment for COVID-19, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Let us note that to this day Ukraine has not responded to the request of the Administration of Milorad Dodik – to...

The office of the Serbian member of the Presidium of BiH Milorad Dodik sent a request to the Ukrainian Embassy demanding clarification of the reasons why its representatives stirred up a scandal over the donated icon. In particular, the Bosnian Serbs demanded to provide evidence that the image presented to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is the cultural heritage of Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The administration of Milorad Dodik announced that...

The administration of the Serbian member of the Presidium of BiH Milorad Dodik drew attention to the fact that seven days after the presentation of the image of St. Nicholas to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the icon was never found by Interpol on the lists of wanted relics. This was reported by SRNA, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “A flurry of fabrications and untruths followed the erroneous initial presentation of the event...

An unexpected continuation was the scandal that erupted the day before with a 300-year-old gilded icon from Lugansk, which was presented by the leader of the Bosnian Serbs Milorad Dodik during the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the Balkans. The TASS agency, citing the foreign ministry, reported that Russia is ready to return the icon, since the day before the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry expressed a protest, citing the fact that on the back of the relic...

During a recent visit to Republika Srpska (part of Bosnia and Herzegovina), local leader Milorad Dodik presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with an icon from Lugansk. The symbolic gift has already provoked a violent response in Ukraine and in the Bosniak ruling elite of BiH. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, during Sergei Lavrov’s visit to the Republika Srpska, where the head...

A 29-year-old man from the village of Lyublinets, in the Volyn region, created a painting for a local temple. It took him a whole year to create the work. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The Ukrainian news channel “24” reports this. The unusual icon has already been exhibited in the church. Its weight is about 10 kilograms, its height is 1,2 meters, and its width...

The installation ceremony of the icon of the “mourning” Lugansk Mother of God, painted by a militiaman who died in the battles for the LPR, took place in the St. Vladimir Cathedral of Lugansk. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Local media reported this. Lugansk artist Alexei Pilyugin painted the icon and donated it to the cathedral back in 2009. “This icon was painted by a young artist when he...

Patriarch Kirill met today with Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at Buckingham Palace in London. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This is reported by the official website of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Patriarch congratulated the British Queen on her 90th birthday and presented her with the image of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear,” made in Russian jewelry traditions. With...

Residents of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) handed over an icon and souvenirs to Luhansk residents as a sign of friendship and support. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This was reported by artists of the Lugansk Philharmonic Ruslan Bukhantsev and Sergey Chuikov, who participated in charity concerts as part of the event "Yakutia - Children of Donbass". “Chairman of the State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Republic of Sakha...