Zelensky proposes banning religious groups ‘affiliated’ with Moscow.

Following a raid last week on a Ukrainian Orthodox monastery that Kyiv said was possibly housing Russian spies, Ukraine’s president asked lawmakers to pass legislation that would ban the operation of religious organizations “affiliated with centers of influence” in Russia.

President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed the new measures in his nightly address to Ukraine on Thursday. His request came after a Nov. 22 raid by Ukrainian security services of the Monastery of the Caves, one of the holiest sites for Orthodox Christians in Kyiv, in search of saboteurs and weapons. Read more

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