Zelensky announces limits on activities of religious organizations linked to Russia

Ukraine limit the activities of religious organizations that have ties to Russiaassured this Thursday the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenkyin his daily address.

“The National Security and Defense Council has instructed the government to propose a bill [al parlamento] on the outlawing of the activities in Ukraine of religious organizations affiliated with centers of influence in Russia”said the president.

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“Those responsible for national security must intensify measures to identify and counter the subversive activities of Russian special services in the religious space of Ukraine”he added.

Ukraine has been under Moscow’s spiritual leadership since at least the 17th century, but part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church broke with Moscow in 2019 over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and support for separatists in Donbas.

In the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Moscow-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church severed its ties with Russia. The decision represented a historic move against the Russian spiritual authorities.

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Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, said in October that Russian President Vladimir Putin had been placed by “God” in “power.”

Source: Elcomercio

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