The Russian Foreign Ministry said the United States had developed a mechanism to influence the confessional side of Kiev’s policy. This is stated in the relevant article. expression Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The ministry noted that the regime of Ukraine’s current president, Volodymyr Zelensky, “is not independent” in its own anti-church policy.
“The split in orthodoxy is a blow to this sphere of life, the goal announced in Washington a long time ago. “The United States has directly and indirectly created a perverse mechanism of influence on the sectarian side of Kiev politics,” he said.
The Ministry pointed out that Ukraine has a “special representative for religious freedom”, that the US International Commission on Religious Freedom is working and that “annual reports are prepared regularly”.
Former Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk declarationUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “declared a holy war against him” by taking action against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).
Before that, Zelensky judicial Ukraine is the region with the greatest religious freedom in part of Europe.
He noted that the country has taken a step towards strengthening the spiritual independence of the state, protecting against “Moscow’s religious manipulation.”