More than 20 high-ranking clergymen of the Ukrainian-affiliated branch of the Russian Orthodox Church are Russian citizens, an investigation by Ukrainska Pravda reported on April 7.

They include Metropolitan Onufrii, known in civilian life as Orest Berezovskyi, who heads the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Ukrainian media outlet reported, and citing database data from the Rospasport Russian passport service.

High-level corruption in Russia has allowed for numerous investigations by media outlets and non-profit groups to purchase personal information from various government databases to track asset ownership, espionage abroad and other data.

The Russian church’s network in Ukraine has been suspected of aiding and abetting Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.

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Doctor Smith
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The sad pathetic russian soul
It leads them to defeat and pain Everytime .
Russians will be hunted for their
War crimes just like the world hunts nazis still
They will lament within their fortress of Ashes.

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AllahsHappyHalalPorkEmporium
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UKRANAZI LIES!!!
These priests serve Jesus Christ and interfering with their duties especially at this time for Easter observance will only bring the wrath of God upon your POS NAZI heads all that much sooner!!!
Your midget FAKE JEW, Sleazensky will suffer the most when the Heavenly Father pushes Russia to victory and kills ALL of you Ukra NAZIS down to the last AZOV and Bandera!!!
"Heil Sleazensky" you NAZI garbage, your days are getting shorter!!!
I can hardly wait for the day when Russia hangs your FAKE JEW runt president by his tiny gonads stripped naked hanging on some Kiev streetlight never to enjoy the BILLIONS of dollars he schemed from all the money he begged and stole! That KAZARIAN FAKE JEW will never live to spend one cent of his fortune!!!

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I support
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Here we go again over and over colonization by religious groups in support of war crimes. If Russia did win these holy men dressed like star wars figures would try to destroy another culture in the name of their God.

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Jim Sprinkle
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Russian citizenship might become a disqualifier for leadership.

Jack Griffin
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@Jim Sprinkle, That they possess Russian passports clearly exposes they are partisan towards Russia. They should be deported immediately.

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Jack Griffin
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Send them all packing to Russia.

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Chad
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These weirdos dress up like they’re in a Harry Potter movie…. All fiction anyway I suppose…

Jack Griffin
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@Chad, Are you really that shallow regarding Christianity? One day from Easter?

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Brent
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@Chad, Chad, you nailed it! Best post I've read in weeks, can't stop laughing!

Jack Griffin
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@Brent, Hey Brent, how about you and Chad getting a room. Two religious bigots in the same pod.

Shawn Robertson
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@Jack Griffin, just like a Christian to come on here and share your ignorant hate filled views and then attack two people over their beliefs even though neither did anything more than imply that they don't believe in your religion and you are ignorant enough to claim that they are the religious bigots in this situation. Call yourself a Christian all you but your actions show you don't know what it means to actually be a Christian.

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