EU Proposes Sanctions On Russian Orthodox Leader

Reuters reports:

The European Commission has proposed freezing the assets of Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a diplomat said on Wednesday.

The Patriarch has been added to a draft blacklist that already includes hundreds of military officers and businessmen close to the Kremlin whom the EU accuses of supporting the war in Ukraine. The sanction, which would entail an asset freeze and a travel ban, needs the backing of EU states to be adopted.

EU diplomats are set to meet this week to discuss the sanction, which is part of a wider package proposed by the European Commission earlier on Wednesday including an oil embargo and restrictions on Russian banks.

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In March, Kirill called for “eradicating” Ukraine.

Also that month he blamed the war on the West’s embrace of pride parades.

He first appeared on JMG in 2014 when he called for Russia to criminalize homosexuality.

In 2016, he declared that people join ISIS in order to stop pride parades.

We heard from him again in 2017 when he sprinkled holy water on Kremlin computers to stop ransomware attacks.

Also that year, he declared same-sex marriage to be just like Nazism.