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The statement by Patriarch Filaret, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate), says "the Moscow patriarch has his believers in Ukraine who recognize him as their leader. We respect his right to pray together with his flock."

An expert on religion, Andrij Yurash, said to ZIK July 27 the visit to Ukraine of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kiril has a political dimension which is part of the ideology pursued both by Kiril and the Russian regime. The

Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn has cancelled his visit to the United States, The Ukrayinska Pravda reports July 28. Sources in Washington say Lytvyn cancelled the visit 2 days after the arrest of ex-General Pukach, the main perpetrator of journalist

Kyiv Patriarch Filaret has dismissed Moscow Patriarch Kiril's statement made yesterday that there is an independent Orthodox church in Ukraine.

Moscow is interested in the existing church rift in Ukraine which began when part of the Orthodox clergy established the autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) in 1991, expert of the Institute of Foreign Policy at the Diplomatic Academy of

Moscow Patriarch Kiril says to give autonomy to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, UOC, would be premature and would split Ukraine. Kiril was addressing the Orthodox clergy and intellectuals at the Kyiv Lavra monastery July 29.

Gen. Pukach's arrest will be used for political blackmail in Ukraine ahead of the presidential election, Premier Tymoshenko told journalists July 29, The Ukrayinska Pravda reports.

By planning to send out 2 Ukrainian diplomats Russia has again shown that it stubbornly sticks to the tit-for-tat principle in diplomatic relations, regardless of the fact that none of the Ukrainian diplomats can be accused of activities incompatible with

During Moscow Patriarch Kiril's prayer at the Volodymyr Hill in Kyiv a VIP.glavred photographer took a photo of the watch Kiril was wearing. It is a Breguet, costing between 28,000 and 36,000 euros, depending on the seller.

Russia consul general in Odesa Aleksandr Grachev was incriminated in creating a Russia-controlled network to further the Russian influence, The Ukrayinska Pravda quotes its sources in Ukraine special services as saying July 31.

The visit to Ukraine of Moscow Patriarch Kiril is part of Russia's ideological doctrine which prescribes that the Russian space goes way beyond the country's immediate borders, VR Vice Speaker Mykola Tomenko told ZIK July 31.

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