Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has spoken out against the discrimination of homosexuals, although he maintains that the church views homosexuality as a sin, and a personal choice.  The Orthodox Church is calling for the country to rethink its spiritual condition after two priests were murdered this month.  The Supreme Court’s ruling that the arrest of former Yukos partner Platon Lebedev was illegal marks ‘the biggest victory yet‘ for former Yukos owners, but does not mean that Lebedev will be freed or that investigators will revisit his 2005 conviction.  According to one of Lebedev’s lawyers, ‘this is nothing more than a reaction to a European court ruling that Russia couldn’t ignore. It doesn’t change anything,‘ although others note that Russia is not obliged to act on European Court of Justice rulings.