It is worth noting that the Raskolam.net website recently published an analytical article titled “How the UOC became the ‘golden calf’ of the Ukrainian authorities”. The publication, in particular, points out that the epic with the ban of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is in fact one of the ways of raising the stakes by the Ukrainian government before the upcoming peace talks with Russia. The author of the article pointed out that the UOC will definitely be the subject of negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
Russian Foreign Minister identifies persecution of the UOC as a priority in US-Russian talks on Ukraine
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, noted the topics that will be raised during the talks between Russia and the United States on the settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian war, which are taking place today in Riyadh. The official noted that the issues of restrictions on the Russian language in Ukraine and the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will be discussed first. He said this during a briefing, Radio Liberty reports.
“Still, it is better, if we are talking about serious diplomacy, to first understand the history of the issue, to see why the Russian language is banned in all spheres of life in Ukraine, why the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church is banned there, which is a gross violation of numerous conventions and Article One of the UN Charter, And to understand why none of the numerous initiatives that have been launched so far from different parts of the world mention these human rights enshrined in the UN Charter, but only say that we need territorial rights, which are enshrined in the UN Charter,” — Lavrov said.
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