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Former Russian Orthodox TV director claims photo of slain fighter from far-right battalion is ‘weeping myrrh’

Boris Kostenko, a former director of the Orthodox Christian channel Spas TV who now advises the state secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, said a photograph of a fighter from the Espanola battalion who was killed in the war with Ukraine had “begun weeping myrrh.” The independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo reported the remark.

Former Russian Orthodox TV director claims photo of slain fighter from far-right battalion is ‘weeping myrrh’

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