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Newshour: 01/04/2023 20:06 GMT: Ukrainian religious leader accused of Russian sympathies

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Ukrainian religious leader accused of Russian sympathies

01/04/2023 20:06 GMT

01/04/2023 20:06 GMT: Ukrainian religious leader accused of Russian sympathies

BBC World Service - Newshour, Ukrainian religious leader accused of Russian sympathies

Abbot of major Kyiv monastery suspected of backing Russian invasion

The abbot of a major monastery in Kyiv, Metropolitan Pavel Lebed, is suspected of backing Russian invasion and inciting religious hatred. We hear the latest from the Ukrainian capital. 

Also in the programme: a look at the US ambitions of Bytedance, the company behind the controversial, Chinese-owned video-sharing app Tiktok; and the decline of a seasonal tradition, the April Fool.

(Photo: Metropolitan Pavlo of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, accused of being linked to Moscow, receives an accusation letter from members of the State Security Service in Kyiv. Credit: Press Service of the State Security Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS)

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