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Russian artist critical of Orthodox was targeted, says husband

In the latest twist in a series of art world scandals that have gone to the heart of Church-State relations, a Russian artist who had been critical of and was criticised by the Russian Orthodox Church has disappeared without a trace, reports Ecumenical News International. Anna Mikhalchuk, a 52-year-old feminist poet and artist who works under the name Alchuk left her home in the western Berlin district of Charlottenburg on the afternoon of 21 March and has not been seen since, German police said in a statement. She has lived in Berlin since 2007, when her husband, Mikhail Ryklin, a philosopher, accepted a post at the city's Humboldt University.

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