When Russia-backed separatists seized control of Crimea in 2014, they took control of key military and government sites on the Ukrainian peninsula. They also targeted another institution – the branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that is centered in Kyiv and not Moscow.
RFE/RL: Ukrainian Orthodox Church under pressure in Crimea
The demonstrators protest against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate near one of its chapels on Volodymyrska St. on Feb. 3.
