Bloomberg learned about Hungary's demand to exclude the head of the Russian Orthodox Church from sanctions

Hungary after the conditions on the oil embargo again delays the adoption of the sixth package of EU sanctions with the demand not to impose restrictions on Patriarch Kirill, BLOOMBERG learned.Budapest explained this as a matter of religious freedom Patriarch Kirill

Hungary has demanded that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' be removed from the proposed sanctions list, Bloomberg sources familiar with the talks between EU ambassadors on the sixth package of sanctions told Bloomberg. At the same time, one of the sources said that the name of the HEAD of the Russian Orthodox Church was not mentioned at the EU meeting on sanctions earlier this week.

For the first time, AFP and The New York Times reported on the preparation by the European Union of restrictions against Patriarch Kirill in early May. Lithuania proposed imposing sanctions , but the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry noted that it is not known whether this can be done. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell indicated that the sixth package of sanctions plans to introduce restrictions against persons "spreading disinformation."

Zakharova called infernal plans for sanctions against Patriarch Kirill Politics

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban then said that his country would not support the inclusion of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in the sanctions list, since this is a problem of religious freedom.

On the eve of Borrell, answering the question of whether Patriarch Kirill was included in the proposed list, said: "I think so." The head of European diplomacy added that "a week ago I would have answered yes."

Patriarch Kirill called the accusations of "militarist speeches" nonsense Politics

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the plans for restrictions against the head of the Russian Orthodox Church are “infernal” and testify to the helplessness and fear of Brussels.

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Earlier, with the requirement to impose sanctions against Patriarch Kirill, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appealed to the National Security Council of the country. The Ukrainian deputies explained this by his support for the special operation.

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