MOSCOW — The bitter relations between Moscow and Kyiv continued their downward spiral on Nov. 1, as the Russian government imposed economic sanctions against a broad cross-section of Ukraine’s political and business elite.
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People attend a mass prayer to express gratitude to the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate for granting approval to establish Ukraine's independent, or "autocephalous," church on Oct. 14, 2018, in Kyiv.