{"id":202766,"date":"2024-08-08T19:08:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/df.news\/?p=202766"},"modified":"2024-08-09T20:08:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:08:40","slug":"czechia-expels-roc-priest-citing-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/2024\/08\/08\/czechia-expels-roc-priest-citing-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Czechia expels ROC priest citing security concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The representative from the Russian Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic, archpriest Nikolai Lischenyuk, was expelled from the country &#8220;over national security concerns&#8221;. He is believed to be &#8220;a key ally of the Russian Patriarch Kirill&#8221; and &#8220;leader of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to local <a href=\"https:\/\/english.radio.cz\/czechia-expels-representative-russian-orthodox-church-8824853\">media<\/a>, the intelligence agencies of the Czech Republic believe that the cleric\u2019s activities &#8220;pose a threat to the state.&#8221; His residence permit in the Czech Republic was annulled before he was ordered to leave country.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier it was reported that the authorities of the Czech Republic suspect the Russian Orthodox Church of &#8220;subversive activities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The move underscores the Czech Republic&#8217;s vigilance regarding potential security risks associated with foreign nationals. The decision reflects broader geopolitical tensions and heightened scrutiny of Russian influence in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The representative from the Russian Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic, archpriest Nikolai Lischenyuk, was expelled from the country &#8220;over national security concerns&#8221;. He is believed to be &#8220;a key ally of the Russian Patriarch Kirill&#8221; and &#8220;leader of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic.&#8221; According to local media, the intelligence agencies of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":202696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"telegram_tosend":false,"telegram_tosend_message":"","telegram_tosend_target":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5142,5143,5153],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-202766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-security","9":"category-top-en"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/df.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-2.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202767,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202766\/revisions\/202767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}