Ukrainian Parliament takes step towards banning religious organisations with ties to Russia
Thursday, 19 October 2023, 13:07
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.
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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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