According to a statement released by the Ministry of Interior on its website, the measure implies banning his entry into the country and carrying out financial operations through banking entities of this European nation.

Kirill will have his accounts and assets frozen under the argument of supporting Moscow’s special military operation in Ukraine, assumed by Russia to denazify Kiev and stop the expansion of troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Patriarch Kirill, 76, also appears on a similar list of sanctions in the United Kingdom, Canada, Lithuania, and Ukraine.

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