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Weekend: Ukraine wants to evict the monks from an historic monastery

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Ukraine's government want to evict the monks in an historic monastery

02/04/2023 GMT

Ukraine wants to evict the monks from an historic monastery

BBC World Service - Weekend, Ukraine wants to evict the monks from an historic monastery

A Kyiv monastery's abbot is accused of justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine's security service has detained the abbot of the country's most important monastery in Kyiv.  It says he's been justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Also in the show: why the authorities in Iran are still determined that women should wear the Islamic headscarf. It follows the arrest of two women after being attacked with yoghurt, apparently for not covering their hair in public. 

And, how a lockdown illness inspired singer Natalie Merchant's latest song.

Joining Weekend to reflect on the day's stories, our two guests: Milica Pesic, Serbian-born journalist and executive director of the Media Diversity Institute in London, and Travis Elborough, a British author and cultural commentator. 

(Photo: A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, accused of being linked to Moscow, sprays holy water on believers while they pray and block an entrance to a church at a compound of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)

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