Kremlin speaker Dmitry Peskov said that the searches in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra are a war between Ukraine and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC).
In fact, the Ukrainian side has been at war with the Russian Orthodox Church for a long time, and I would say that this should be seen as another link in the chain of these military actions against Russian Orthodoxy,” Putin’s mouth said at a briefing.
Recall that the center of the UOC-MP is located in the Lavra in Kyiv. After the outbreak of the Russian war against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church declared independence from the Moscow Patriarchate and stopped commemorating Kirill.
However, formally, she maintains a connection with him – for other local churches, she continues to be part of the Russian Orthodox Church. Also, the UOC does not ask other local churches to recognize its independence.
In addition, the Kremlin considers it inappropriate to compare Russian President Vladimir Putin and the first secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Nikita Khrushchev. Peskov was asked at a briefing how he felt about comparing the war in Ukraine with the Caribbean crisis, and Putin with Khrushchev.
Putin is Putin, and Khrushchev was Khrushchev, God rest his soul. Here I do not think that Putin can be compared with anyone,” said the Kremlin speaker.
The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in 1962 when the USSR deployed nuclear weapons in Cuba in response to US missiles in Turkey. It is believed that at that time the US and the USSR were closer than ever to a nuclear war.
Recall that on the morning of November 22, the SBU carried out counterintelligence activities on the territory of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv to counter the subversive activities of Russian special services in Ukraine.
In addition to the Lavra in Kyiv, the SBU visited the clergy of the UOC-MP in the Rivne region, where they were looking for DRGs and weapons.
Earlier, on the territory of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, they prayed for Russia, on this occasion the special service opened criminal proceedings.
Source: Racurs
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