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Coronavirus-denying Russian monk detained by police

by Vladimir Isachenkov
| December 29, 2020 6:33 AM

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian riot police stormed into a monastery Tuesday to detain a rebel monk who has castigated the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church leadership and denied the existence of the coronavirus.

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