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Vatican’s diplomatic service head to visit Russia on August 25-28 — archdiocese official

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What to know about Vatican’s diplomatic service head to visit Russia on August 25-28 — archdiocese official

Vatican Secretary for International Affairs Paul Richard Gallagher is scheduled to visit Moscow from August 25-28. The article notes his previous diplomatic engagements with Russian officials regarding the Ukrainian crisis.

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What happened

Vatican's Secretary for International Affairs Paul Richard Gallagher will travel to Moscow on August 25-28, Bishop Nikolay Dubinin, Apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, told TASS.

Why it matters

"The arrival dates were confirmed – 25 to 28 [August]," the bishop said.

Common ground

Gallagher visited Moscow in November 2021 and met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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Vatican Secretary for International Affairs Paul Richard Gallagher is scheduled to visit Moscow from August 25-28. The article notes his previous diplomatic engagements with Russian officials regarding the Ukrainian crisis.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Gallagher... met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov [in November 2021]”
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While evidence confirms Gallagher visited Moscow in November 2021, the provided evidence for this specific claim consists of irrelevant search results (Google Maps, Google Earth, TV series) and does not mention meetings with Mikhail Mishustin or Sergey Lavrov during that specific timeframe.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Gentleman in Moscow is a British historical drama series based on the 2016 novel by Amor Towles. Ben Vanstone is writer, executive producer, and showrunner. The series stars Ewan McGregor in the rol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Gentleman_in_Moscow_(TV_seri…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kirill or Cyril (Russian: Кирилл; Church Slavonic: Кѷріллъ; secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, Russian: Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Kirill_of_Moscow
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Claim 2: “Vatican's Secretary for International Affairs Paul Richard Gallagher will travel to Moscow on August 25-28”
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Two independent web search results confirm that Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher is visiting Moscow from August 25 to 28, citing Bishop Nikolay Dubinin as the source.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul Richard Gallagher (born 23 January 1954) is a British prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy See's Secretariat of State since November 201…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gallagher_(bishop)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the firs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Section for Relations with States (Italian: Congregazione per gli affari ecclesiastici straordinari, Latin: Congregatio pro negotiis ecclesiasticis extraordinariis) or Second Section of the Secret…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_for_Relations_with_Sta…
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Claim 3: “Gallagher visited Moscow in November 2021”
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Two separate web search results explicitly state that Gallagher's last visit to Moscow occurred in November 2021.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2026
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Gallagher is the primary songwriter, lead guitarist and a co-lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis. After l…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Outer space, or simply space, is the expanse that exists beyond Earth's atmosphere and between celestial bodies. It contains ultra-low levels of particle densities, constituting a near-perfect vacuum …
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Claim 4: “In April 2025, Lavrov and Gallagher discussed Ukraine in the context of the dialogue between Russia and the United States on resolving the Ukrainian crisis over the phone.”
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The evidence provided mentions a phone call between Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio in April 2025, and a separate meeting between Gallagher and Lavrov at the Vatican/Moscow, but there is no evidence in the provided text of a telephone conversation between Lavrov and Gallagher in April 2025 regarding the Russia-US dialogue.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Russia–United States Summit (also known as the Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska) was a summit meeting between United States president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin. It was hel…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States and Russia maintain strategic foreign relations since the establishment in 1991, a continuation of the relationship the United States has had with various Russian governments since 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–United_States_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vila Biljana is a complex of state villas in Ohrid, North Macedonia. The villa complex includes the villa of the president of North Macedonia, the villa of the prime minister, and the villa of the min…
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