The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy recommended that the parliament adopt in the second reading and in general a bill banning religious organizations connected with Russia. This was reported by Committee member Volodymyr Viatrovych. 


The government considers the UOC to be one of these organizations, and this law may terminate its activities. 

Draft law No. 8371, unanimously supported by the Committee members, provides for a ban on the activities of religious organizations affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church.

According to Viatrovych, the text of the bill is much stronger than the government version supported in the first reading. According to the document, the activities of Russian churches will be terminated according to a clear procedure that includes a study, an order to comply with the law, and a court injunction.

The Russian Orthodox Church and its affiliated structures will not be able to use state and municipal property, and the transition of communities to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine will be greatly simplified, the deputy added.

Now the decision is up to the Verkhovna Rada, which is to vote for the bill in the second reading.