"Agents in cassocks": how clergymen of the UOC (MP) worked for the Russian Federal Security Service - Bigus.info
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The investigation revealed an extensive network of Russian agents posing as clerics of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and working to destabilize Ukraine by spreading disinformation, blocking legislation against the Moscow Church, and undermining international aid to Ukraine in support of Russia's war.
Bigus.info journalists have released a detailed investigation into one of the largest agent networks of Russian priests. Until recently, the "agents in cassocks" were based in the Kyiv-Persk Lavra, but were exposed by the SBU. The journalists of the Bigus.Info project investigated how the clergy of the UOC (MP) were working for the Russian FSB, reports UNN.
The Moscow Church still exists in Ukraine. And on its basis, the Kremlin's agent network operates to destabilize the domestic political situation. This network operates not only in Ukraine but also abroad. It disseminates information about the harassment of believers, clergy, and "religious journalists." It helps to block the bill to ban the Moscow church. In fact, it supports Russia's war against Ukraine and promotes Russian propaganda.
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It is noted that "agents in robes" also worked to disrupt international assistance to Ukraine.
Russian agents under the guise of the Moscow church worked to destabilize the situation in Ukraine by influencing not only domestic but also foreign audiences.
- published disinformation about the oppression of the Moscow church, the persecution of believers, priests and "religious journalists." These narratives were actively picked up by the Russian media.
- actively tried to block the draft law banning the UOC (MP) in the Verkhovna Rada through their MPs.
- hired American lobbyists and lawyers to slander Ukraine in an interview with the infamous Tucker Carlson, and even threatened Ukrainian MPs.
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