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Kyiv accuses Russian Orthodox bishop of aiding Kremlin occupation

Metropolitan Kirill (Leonid Pokrovsky) of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk investigated for spreading propaganda about "unity with Russia".

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Oct 21, 2025
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(Divine Diplomacy) — An influential Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has been served with a notice of suspicion by Ukraine’s Prosecutor General and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) for actively undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity by relying on religious propaganda activities and justifying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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