Attorney Robert Amsterdam: Zelensky increases pressure on the UOC amid anti-corruption protests

Robert Amsterdam, legal counsel for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, issued a new statement regarding the persecution of the canonical Church by Ukrainian authorities. According to him, as mass public protests against corruption continue, President Volodymyr Zelensky is intensifying his campaign against the UOC. The lawyer made the statement via his official account on social media platform X.

“As the people protest his corruption, President Zelensky is continuing his persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with biased government-appointed “experts” making claims of affiliation with Russia,” Amsterdam emphasized.

He recalled that these accusations were thoroughly debunked in a previously released analytical report (White Paper), which demonstrated that the claims lack any legal basis and are politically motivated.

Earlier reports stated that the law firm Amsterdam & Partners, which represents the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the international level, had addressed leading Western leaders with official letters expressing deep concern over the Ukrainian government’s repressive actions against His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy.