An Old Catholic priest has become

An Old Catholic priest has become the latest religious figure to be prosecuted for preaching against Russia’s war in Ukraine. A St Petersburg court found Fr Aleksandr Khmelyov guilty of “discrediting” the Russian Armed Forces in a sermon he gave over three years ago and posted on his church’s YouTube channel. Fr Aleksandr left Russia on 11 July 2025, the same day as the closed court hearing, after Telegram channels thought to be linked to state security services claimed that investigators were preparing further administrative and criminal cases against him. ดูหนังออนไลน์