Putin called the new church structure of Ukraine a political project

He said this in an interview with Serbian publications Politika and Evening News.

According to him, the signing of the tomos is an attempt to legalize the splitting communities in Ukraine, which is a gross violation of the Orthodox canons.

“However, there are few who care about the leadership of Ukraine and the United States, since the new church structure is an exclusively political, secular project. Its main goal is to divide the peoples of Russia and Ukraine, to sow not only national, but religious strife, ”the Kremlin press service quoted him as saying.

As Putin noted, this project has no connection with the spiritual life, but is a dangerous and irresponsible politicking.

The President also pointed to the fact that it is impossible to call the new church structure of Ukraine independent.

“Just as there is no speech about the independence of the“ Orthodox Church of Ukraine. ” In fact, it is completely controlled by Istanbul, ”he added.

Earlier, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko called on the Russian Orthodox Church "show tomos."

The head of the Center for the settlement of social conflicts, Oleg Ivanov, in an interview with the publication "PolitExpert" commented on the call Poroshenko.