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Washington’s arming of Ukraine is about to backfire, the former Russian president has warned Moscow is prepared to arm the enemies of the US in response to Washington and its allies sending weapons to Ukraine, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.

A spokesman for the Russian church branded the move “lawless” and an “attempt to intimidate parishioners” Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been put on a criminal wanted list by Ukraine’s Interior Ministry. The document identified the Patriarch by his secular name and described him as “an individual hiding from the…