The vast majority of Ukrainians, namely 78%, believe that the state should interfere to some extent in the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. According to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, 54% of respondents believe that this Church should be completely banned in Ukraine..

At the same time, a quarter of Ukrainians are in favor of a somewhat “softer” approach, which does not imply a complete ban, but provides for the establishment of state control and supervision, and only 12% of respondents believe that it is not worth interfering in the affairs of the UOC-MP, but only investigating. cases of offenses.

In all regions of Ukraine, only 16% and 14% speak of non-interference in the activities of the UOC-MP in favor of the proactive position of the state on the issue of the activities of the UOC-MP.

At the same time, there is quite significant support for the proactive position of the authorities in relation to the UOC (MP) and among Russian-speaking Ukrainians - 68% (including. 44% are in favor of a complete ban on this Church).

On December 4-27, 2022, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology conducted an all-Ukrainian public opinion poll among 1010 respondents living in all regions of Ukraine (except for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) using telephone interviews using a computer. Formally, under normal circumstances, the statistical error of such a sample did not exceed 2.4% for indicators close to 50%, 2.1% for indicators close to 25%, 1.5% for indicators close to 10%, 1.1.

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Earlier, the head of the SBU, Vasily Malyuk, also said that the Security Service is working primarily on the detection of traitors.. And belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, according to him, is not an aggravating circumstance..

On December 1, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the National Security and Defense Council was asking the Verkhovna Rada to ban the work of the UOC-MP in Ukraine. He noted that the government will submit a relevant bill to the Parliament..

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