Bazarov decided to leave Russia over his firm anti-war stance, becoming one of only a few Russian Buddhist clerks to condemn the invasion publicly. The Moscow Times spoke with Bazarov, who is now ...

Though Russia’s Buddhist Traditional Sangha positions itself as the country’s leading Buddhist organization, religious communities in Tyva and Kalmykia largely function autonomously.

ULAN-UDE, November 29. /TASS/. Damba Ayusheev, XXIV Pandito Khambo Lama and head of the Buddhist Traditional Sangkha of Russia responded to Pope Francis’ remarks about the "cruelty" of the ...