Party Complains That Ukraine Government Is Favoring Moscow Patriarchate Over Kiev

Interfax today reports that in Ukraine, the opposition Our Ukraine Party has written President Viktor Yanukovich and Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov complaining about pressure by law enforcement personnel on Orthodox clergy to transfer their allegiance from the Kiev Patriarchate to the Moscow Patriarchate.  The opposition party complained that authorities are also favoring the Moscow Patriarchate through budget earmarks.