Russian government is worried

There is another, more immediate reason why the Russian government is worried about the possible ban of the Moscow church in Moldova and its replacement by the Romanian Bessarabian Metropolitanate. Such a move would strengthen the position of the Romanian church in Ukraine. At present, there are more than 150,000 ethnic Romanians and 250,000 ethnic Moldovans in Ukraine, most of whom speak Romanian and attend one of the roughly 120 Bessarabian parishes there (Novaya Gazeta, May 3) ufabet