Russia’s SVR warns of EU’s attempts to squeeze Russian Orthodox Church out of Armenia

MOSCOW, June 3. /TASS/. The European Union leadership has been aggressively squeezing the Russian Orthodox Church out of Armenia as it demands that Yerevan cut centuries-long religious ties with Moscow as a prerequisite for integration into the bloc, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said in a statement.

The Europeans have engaged in a smear campaign against the Diocese of Yerevan and Armenia of the Russian Orthodox Church to encourage the Armenian authorities to clamp down on its members.

TASS has compiled key statements from the SVR.

EU’s objective

According to information coming to the SVR, the European Union’s leadership has taken an aggressive approach to push the Russian Orthodox Church out of Armenia: "European antichrists have made the Russian Orthodox Church in Armenia their target."