Larisa Kozovaya13:40, 23.08.24

Putin’s ally claims that Kyiv has “decided to outdo the atheism” of the USSR.

Former Russian President and current Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev responded to the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of a bill banning the activities of religious organizations associated with Russia in Ukraine – the Kremlin politician claims that this will allegedly “destroy” Ukraine.

Medvedev, in particular, wrote on his Telegram channel that Kyiv “decided to surpass the atheism” of the Soviet period and completely ban the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate. The associate of Russian leader Vladimir Putin calls Ukrainians “neo-Nazis,” “demons,” “ghouls,” insults the current and previous presidents of Ukraine, Ukraine’s foreign allies, etc.

“This vile story was started by Poroshenko (former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, – UNIAN). To satisfy his own ambitions and to be elected president of Ukraine, he agreed with the West on a schism in Orthodoxy and the creation of the heretical OCU. Individual “hierarchs” of this, so to speak, “church” are well known. Their place is by no means on the pulpit…”, Medvedev wrote.

He accuses the Ukrainian authorities of “consistent Satanism,” allegedly destroying “Ukrainian Orthodoxy” and persecuting “Christians for their faith.” In his statement, Medvedev recalls individual people who differed in their views on one religion or another, and cites biblical quotes.

“This story (the ban on the UOC-MP, – Ed.) will not go unpunished for Ukraine. The country will be destroyed, like Sodom and Gomorrah, and the demons will inevitably fall. Moreover, retribution will not cover them in the distant future – after the transition to another world. On the contrary, the punishment will be earthly, cruel, painful and will happen soon. For it is said: “Then Jesus struck them and killed them, and hung them on five trees, and they hung on the trees until evening,” Medvedev wrote.

(C)UNIAN 2024