Nikita Poturaev, head of the Verkhovna Rada Humanitarian and Information Policy Committee, said that the ban on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church could lead to lawsuits against Kyiv in the European Court of Human Rights. He added that for this reason the Russian Orthodox Church should be banned.
“We, as a European country, cannot do that, especially as a country that wants to start EU accession negotiations next year. This will mean that we will file a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights.” According to him, this case will be guaranteed to be the loser, and it will be a disgrace for the state and society.
On 10 December, the SBU amount Searches at UOC temples in the Kharkiv region. It was noted that SBU officials inspected areas and buildings to detect people and prohibited objects that may engage in illegal activities “in a way that undermines Ukraine’s state sovereignty”.
It was reported that the searches were made on 9 December. passed from the head of the affairs of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) Metropolitan Anthony.
The UOC is a self-governing church within the Moscow Patriarchate. On May 27, at the UOC Council in Kiev, a decision was made to leave the Moscow Patriarchate.