The Russian Foreign Ministry has condemned a Ukrainian court ruling that gives the government power to forcibly evict monks from the Kiev's historic spiritual centre, the Pechersk Lavra, or Monastery of the caves.
The court ruling is yet another “lawless and arbitrary” decision by Ukrainian officials, a senior Russian diplomat, Gennady Askaldovich, said in a statement on Friday.
“Another lawless and arbitrary act has been undertaken by the Kiev regime, which fabricated a lawsuit and received a ruling suiting itself,” Askaldovich, who serves as a special envoy on cooperation to ensure freedom of conscience, stated.
The diplomat questioned the purported independence of Ukrainian courts, suggesting that the whole system has degraded beyond the point where its decisions can be treated as legal and legitimate. The country’s judiciary now effectively exists in an atmosphere of “high politicization, legal lawlessness, and moral terror,” Askaldovich wrote. In such circumstances, it is unlikely that attempts to appeal the court ruling would yield any different result, the diplomat noted. (more...)
Moscow lashes out at Kiev over expulsion of Christian monks
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