Mosco - The head of Russia's Orthodox Church yesterday steered a wary course through the controversial issue of whether remains due for a royal burial in July actually belonged to the last Tsar and his family. In a rare public statement on the remains, Patriarch Alexiy said it differed with the government, which has declared the remains genuine, but did not insist they were the wrong ones.
Church wary on tsarist remains
Mosco - The head of Russia's Orthodox Church yesterday steered a wary course through the controversial issue of whether remains…
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