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Rada passes bill on transition of communities from one church to another

"They need this law to seize our churches. You can't just come with a crowbar to someone else's barn, but now the law allows you to do so. They aren't creating something of their own, but are trying to steal what's ours," Ukrainian Orthodox Church spokesperson Vasily Anisimov told

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