Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a briefing that the Russian Federation finds the UN’s silence on the situation regarding the Kiev Pechersk Lavra unacceptable. It has been reported TASS.
According to Zakharova, the Russian side does not rule out that Ukraine can use force to expel the UOC monks from the Lavra.
“We note that the UN Secretariat’s failure to comment is an absolutely unacceptable position. official representative [генсека ООН Стефан] Dujarric, a veteran member of the Secretariat, who has assumed this role for the second time, said he had no knowledge of what was going on in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.” no internet connection, computers and working phones and TVs.
The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also noted that Russia condemns the actions of Kiev in relation to the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and urges international structures to influence the Ukrainian authorities.
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov accused Western countries hypocritical about the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The politician wondered why the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was transferred to the so-called Ukrainian Orthodox Church, if there were practically no monks.