Clampdown on UOC KP in Crimea: how Kiev Patriarchate is thwarted to make money
In the middle of July a lot of Ukrainian outlets released outright publications that the authorities in the Crimea literally throw the Kiev Patriarchate out of its premises which place an active Cathedral at 17a Sevastopolskaya Street in Simferopol. Yet is it actually so as it is highlighted by the Ukrainian media?
Now we are approaching the most interesting point – how EXACTLY the Kiev Patriarchate used these premises.
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