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UK sanctions Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill over support for Ukraine invasion
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, left, walk to lay flowers at the monument of Minin and Pozharsky at Red Square in Moscow, during National Unity Day in Moscow, Russia, November 4, 2018. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool/AP)
Britain sanctions the leader of Russia’s Orthodox church, Patriarch Kirill, “for his support and endorsement” of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The foreign ministry’s announcement comes two weeks after EU nations dropped the powerful cleric from their own latest sanctions list, after opposition from Hungary.
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