Sanctions once morest nephews of Patriarch Kirill
Kyiv imposes sanctions on another 22 Russians who belong to the Russian Orthodox Church. “Sanctions have been imposed on 22 Russian citizens who support terror and genocidal policies under the guise of spirituality,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening video address. According to a decree of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the list also includes Mikhail Gundayev, who represents the Russian Orthodox Church in the World Council of Churches and other international organizations in Geneva. According to Russian state media, he is a nephew of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill. Ukraine imposed sanctions on Kyrill last year.
