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340 parishes reportedly join Orthodox Church of Ukraine, sparking conflicts (Sat, 23 Feb 2019)
Ukrainian Orthodox churches are increasingly switching from the Russia-aligned Moscow Patriarchate to the newly formed Orthodox Church of Ukraine, or OCU. Altogether, around 340 parishes of the former Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate have switched to the OCU, according to Andriy Yurash, director of the Culture Ministry’s Religious Affairs and Nationalities Department. But […] The post 340 parishes reportedly join Orthodox Church of Ukraine, sparking conflicts appeared first on KyivPost.
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The Moscow Times: Russia starts countrywide parade of Syrian war trophies (PHOTOS) (Sat, 23 Feb 2019)
Russia’s Defense Ministry on Feb. 23 kicked off a countrywide tour of war trophies from the Syrian civil war. Read more here. The post The Moscow Times: Russia starts countrywide parade of Syrian war trophies (PHOTOS) appeared first on KyivPost.
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RIA Novosti director not to be convoyed to Kyiv before March 6 (Sat, 23 Feb 2019)
The Kherson court of appeals on March 6 will hear a complaint of defending lawyers of Director of RIA Novosti Ukraine Kirill Vyshinsky against the extension of his detention. Andriy Domansky, lawyer of Vyshinsky, told Interfax-Ukraine that before the counterclaim is heard his client would not be convoyed to Kyiv from Kherson. The lawyer said […] The post RIA Novosti director not to be convoyed to Kyiv before March 6 appeared first on KyivPost.
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112.ua: Ukrainian political prisoner Kolomiyets has tough imprisonment conditions (Sat, 23 Feb 2019)
The Ukrainian political prisoner, the participant of EuroMaidan, Andriy Kolomiyets is kept in the Krasnodar colony in Russia, where are “the toughest conditions” of imprisonment. Taras Malyshevskyi, the Acting General Consul of Ukraine in Rostov-on-Don, said this, as Krym. Realii reports. Read more here. The post 112.ua: Ukrainian political prisoner Kolomiyets has tough imprisonment conditions appeared first on KyivPost.
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