Ukrainian Parliament takes step towards banning religious organisations with ties to Russia

The Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine has supported a bill that would ban Russian-linked religious organisations in Ukraine at its first reading.

Source: Ukrainian MPs Yaroslav Zhelezniak, Iryna Herashchenko and Viktoria Siumar on social media

Details: Bill No. 8371 on the ban of religious organisations with ties to Russia passed the first reading.

267 MPs voted in favour of the bill.

• Servant of the People – 175
• European Solidarity – 26
• Motherland – 17
• Platform for Life and Peace – 1
• For the Future – 8
• Voice – 18
• Trust – 12
• Restoration of Ukraine – 0

Viktoria Siumar noted that some spoke in favour of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate: Yurii Boiko, former co-leader of the banned political faction Opposition Platform - For Life, Yevhenii Shevchenko MP, and Artem Dmytruk MP, who was expelled from the Servant of the People party in November 2021.

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