Ukrainian Parliament takes step towards banning religious organisations with ties to Russia
The Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine supported in the first reading the bill about the ban of religious organisations connected to Russia in Ukraine. Source: Members of the Ukrainian Parliament Yaroslav Zhelezniak, Iryna Herashchenko, Viktoria Siumar on social media Details: The bill 8371 about the ban of religious organisations with ties to Russia was adopted in the first reading.
The Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine supported in the first reading the bill about the ban of religious organisations connected to Russia in Ukraine.
Source: Members of the Ukrainian Parliament Yaroslav Zhelezniak, Iryna Herashchenko, Viktoria Siumar on social media
Details: The bill 8371 about the ban of religious organisations with ties to Russia was adopted in 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
Siumar states that Yurii Boyko, the former co-head of the banned OPZZh political faction, MP Yevheniy Shevchenko and MP Artem Dmytruk, who was expelled from the Servant of the People fraction, spoke out in favour of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
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