20 Dec 2024 7:00 pm
The people behind the clampdown on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church are “infidels,” the Russian president has said
The largest Christian Church in Ukraine is being persecuted because the country is run by godless people, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and many of his associates are ethnic Jews but have never been seen at a synagogue, he added.The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) was outlawed by Zelensky earlier this year over alleged links to Moscow.
Speaking at his end-of-year press-conference on Thursday, Putin described the move as a “blatant violation of human rights, the rights of believers.” “The church is being torn apart in front of the whole world. It is like an execution by a firing squad,” he added.The president said he is sure that the crackdown will come back to haunt the members of Zelensky’s government.“They are not even atheists, these people. Atheists are people who believe in something, they believe… that there is no God. But it is their faith, their conviction. But these people are not atheists. These are simply people without any faith at all, infidels,” he said of the Ukrainian leadership.
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The largest Christian Church in Ukraine is being persecuted because the country is run by godless people, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and many of his associates are ethnic Jews but have never been seen at a synagogue, he added.The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) was outlawed by Zelensky earlier this year over alleged links to Moscow.
Speaking at his end-of-year press-conference on Thursday, Putin described the move as a “blatant violation of human rights, the rights of believers.” “The church is being torn apart in front of the whole world. It is like an execution by a firing squad,” he added.The president said he is sure that the crackdown will come back to haunt the members of Zelensky’s government.“They are not even atheists, these people. Atheists are people who believe in something, they believe… that there is no God. But it is their faith, their conviction. But these people are not atheists. These are simply people without any faith at all, infidels,” he said of the Ukrainian leadership.
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https://www.rt.com/russia/609671-putin- ... -zelensky/