Bill on transfer of Kyiv-Pechersk & Pochaiv Lavras to OCU submitted to Rada
People's deputy from the “Servant of the People” faction Andriy Bohdanets registered in the Verkhovna Rada draft resolution No. 8012 on the appeal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the transfer of the Pochaiv Dormition Lavra and the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra to the OCU for free use.
If the bill is adopted, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine must inform the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine about the implementation of this resolution within three months.
As previously reported, the Legal Department stated that the OCU has no right to claim the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
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