Ukraine’s Orthodox church could become independent of Moscow under the terms of a presidential initiative lawmakers approved on April 19, a move that President Petro Poroshenko said would make it harder for Russia to meddle in Ukrainian affairs.
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The demonstrators protest against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate near one of its chapels on Volodymyrska St. on Feb. 3.
