Beware of Putin’s Moldovan lobbyists misusing religion in Brussels

In his hybrid war against the EU, Putin is using religion and holy diplomacy to undermine Moldova’s aspiration to EU membership

At the United Nations and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Moldovan lobbyists in cassock – or without – used by President Putin and Patriarch Kirill leading the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow (ROC) have recently loudly accused the Moldovan State of grave violations of religious freedom.

One of their objectives is to block Moldova’s path to EU membership. Their main propagandist is Rev. Marchel Michaescu, the Archbishop of the Moldovan Orthodox Church (MOC) subordinated to Patriarch Kirill.

The European…