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What Kyiv did on church ties to Russia
Summary
A look back at the early December 2022 steps against religious organisations linked to Russia, as reported at the time.
What did Kyiv decide about Russia-linked churches in the days before 7 December 2022? As reported at the time, two measures came on 2 December 2022.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree banning religious organisations with links to Russia and imposing personal sanctions on their representatives. He also announced that the government would draft a law banning churches affiliated with Russia. He said such a law was necessary to counter Russian government efforts to weaken Ukraine from within.
The same day, the president submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill that would officially prohibit any activity in Ukraine by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).
By 7 December 2022, therefore, the matter was with parliament, alongside the decree on sanctions against representatives of the organisations concerned.
