Kyiv Post: Ukraine's nationalists outraged at invitation of Moscow Patriarch Kirill to Yanukovych's inauguration

Michael Averko sent me this story the other day and I thought it would make a good follow-up to my last post. It looks like getting blessing from the Patriarch of All-Rus (All-Rus meaning Belorus and Malorus i.e. Ukraine as well) means getting a blessing from a foreign denomination and Russian politician. These 'Aryans' are not the only people telling the world that Moscow Patriarchy is a tool of the Russian state, Rue Daru had been saying that for some time and Anglo-American and French media were obediently repeating it.

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The question of partition of Ukraine was recently raised in a factually and analytically bad article by Ethan Burger. I would say that even pronouncements of the generally hot-headed Ratushnyak as described in my last post are more sensible. Michael adds that the current diversity of Ukraine is better in terms of providing for future security of the region than seeing smaller states emerging out of partition. Such states would be weak and would provide new members for NATO. A while ago much was made from Russian support for Rusyn nationalism. While I cannot verify whether it is true or not it reminds me of this accusation I recently came across. Fables of rapacious, nationalism fomenting Russian secret services are not dissimilar to those about the 'KGB, Moscow Patriarchate' and its expansionist policy abroad. Anyway lets look at what the Ukrainian neo-fascists have to say about Yanukovych getting a visit from Patriarch Kirill...

As a citizen of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych has a right to practice any religion or be an atheist. But getting a blessing for the presidency from the head of a foreign denomination, from a Russian politician, who considers Ukraine part of the 'Russian world' and 'the Ukrainian people - his own people,' openly humiliates the majority of Ukraine's denominations, and wants to return Ukraine under the rule of Moscow, is a disgrace to our state, which Yanukovych is going to lead... Therefore, UNA-UNSO strongly protest against Kirill's intentions to bless Yanukovych's inauguration

Ukraine already is a rightful part of Kirill's ecclesiastical domain, it is good to see Yanukovych acknowledge that.

Illustration and original article are here.

Comments

[Mike]

Thanks for posting Leos.

At the referenced thread, I took some of Mr. Burger's comments as a lawyerly attempt to try to divert attention away from his faulty commentary.