FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to service members next to F-16 fighting aircrafts during marking the Day of the Ukrainian Air Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, Ukraine August 4, 2024.  REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
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Religious Groups Linked to Russia Banned Under New Ukraine Law

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed a law banning Moscow-linked religious organisations, the parliament website said on Saturday.

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed a law banning Moscow-linked religious organisations, the parliament website said on Saturday.

The bill approved by parliament earlier this month created the legal tools for the government to ban activities of a Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox church and paved the way for a historic rupture with an institution that Kyiv has accused of complicity in Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

(Reporting by Olena Harmash; Editing by Jan Harvey)

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