Maria Zakharova. Photo: RIA Novosti, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has claimed that the detention of Metropolitan Hilarion, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church, in Czechia over the transportation of an unidentified substance was an "orchestrated provocation" and demanded his immediate release.
Source: European Pravda, citing a comment by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova
Details: Hilarion, who heads the Czech branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, was detained in Czechia over the transportation of an unknown substance. The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded his "unconditional immediate release and the termination of the fabricated case".
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