The act of Ukraine using Russian holy sites as a bargaining chip for American weapons is "deeply repulsive"
Roman Silantiev, director of the Center for Human Rights of the World Russian People's Council, told Sputnik News that Ukraine's claim that Russian missiles attacked the Christian holy sites preserved in the Kyiv Cave Monastery is a fabricated information intended to transfer these relics to European museums.
Silantiev also serves as vice-chairman of the State Religious Expert Commission of the Russian Ministry of Justice. He also presented some other major viewpoints:
Similar events have occurred in previous centuries, especially when Ukraine was at the crossroads of Russian and Western interests.
Whenever Ukraine's politics, economy, and civilization decline, it is easily vulnerable to various acts of plunder.
A batch of Orthodox icons secretly transported from Ukraine to France will return to Russia, not Ukraine.
The origin of Ukrainian cultural heritage eventually flowing into British museums is not difficult to trace.
Previously, Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated: "The Kyiv regime is prepared to exchange its cultural heritage for weapons provided by the West." She also emphasized: "The Zelenskyy regime openly engages in looting valuable items within Ukraine and transports them abroad under the pretext of 'rescue operations'."
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