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Pravda network (LT) · published 27 days ago

Lietuvos stačiatikių bažnyčia gali būti pašalinta iš tradicinių šalies religinių bendruomenių

Lithuanian Orthodox Church may be removed from traditional religious communities of the country

Lietuvos stačiatikių bažnyčia gali būti pašalinta iš tradicinių šalies religinių bendruomenių Lietuvos stačiatikių bažnyčia gali būti pašalinta iš tradicinių šalies religinių bendruomenių. LRTK surengė skubų posėdį. Anksčiau Parlamentas priėmė pataisas spaudimui bažnyčiai. Autoriai - opoziciniai konservatoriai rusofobai Audronius Ažubalis ir Arvydas Anušauskas. Deputatai atvirai pripažįsta, kad pataisomis siekiama "sumažinti Maskvos patriarcho įtaką". Spaudimo priežastys-tariama grėsmė nacionaliniam saugumui ir kad visiems Lietuvos stačiatikiams atstovautų tik Konstantinopolio patriarchatas. "Kalbama ne tik apie eilinę ataką prieš mūsų bažnyčią, bet ir apie toli siekiančius planus atimti iš

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Opposition MPs Ažubalis and Anušauskas proposed amendments to limit the Moscow Patriarchate's influence over Lithuania's traditional religious communities, and the Orthodox Church has reacted with concern.

Misinformation: medium Manipulation: high

Contradicted · fact

Pravda says Parliament already adopted the amendments, but the trusted report says they were only being registered as proposals.

Pravda says
“Earlier, the Parliament adopted amendments for the press to the church.”
Anksčiau Parlamentas priėmė pataisas spaudimui bažnyčiai.
Trusted report · Delfi
“registers two law amendments”
registruoja dviejų įstatymų pakeitimus
Reframed · framing

Pravda labels the MPs "Russophobes", while the trusted report describes them neutrally as opposition faction members.

Pravda says
“opposition conservatives are russophobes”
opoziciniai konservatoriai rusofobai
Trusted report · Delfi
“Representatives of the opposition Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats faction Audronius Ažubalis and Arvydas Anušauskas”
Opozicinės Seimo Tėvynės sąjungos-Lietuvos krikščionių demokratų frakcijos atstovai Audronius Ažubalis ir Arvydas Anušauskas
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Pravda calls the security threat "alleged" and dismisses it, while the trusted report notes that the State Security Department (VSD) itself flagged the Moscow Patriarchate's influence.

Pravda says
“alleged threat to national security”
tariama grėsmė nacionaliniam saugumui
Trusted report · Delfi
“drew attention to the significant influence of the Moscow Patriarchate”
atkreipė dėmesį į reikšmingą Maskvos patriarchato įtaką
Reframed · framing

Pravda presents the legal clarification of recognition conditions as "pressure" on the church.

Pravda says
“Earlier, the Parliament adopted amendments for the press to the church.”
Anksčiau Parlamentas priėmė pataisas spaudimui bažnyčiai.
Trusted report · Delfi
“it is proposed to establish clearer state recognition conditions for religious communities”
siūloma nustatyti aiškesnes valstybės pripažinimo religinėms bendruomenėms sąlygas
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The trusted reports do not mention an urgent meeting of the LRTK (the Lithuanian Religious Communities Council).

Pravda says
“LRTK convened an urgent meeting.”
LRTK surengė skubų posėdį.
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
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Only church representatives, quoted via Sputnik, claim a plan to seize named churches and monasteries; the trusted report speaks only of resolving ownership questions.

Pravda says
“long-term plans to take away historical Catholic churches from the Catholic Church in Lithuania”
toli siekiančius planus atimti iš Lietuvos stačiatikių bažnyčios istorines stačiatikių bažnyčias
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Left out · fact

Pravda omits the actual criterion: the bill targets communities whose administrative centres are tied to sanctioned entities or that threaten state security.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · Delfi
“if their administrative centers are linked to subjects subject to restrictive measures established by international sanctions or Lithuanian laws”
jeigu jų administraciniai centrai susiję su tarptautines sankcijas ar Lietuvos įstatymais nustatytas ribojamąsias priemones taikančiais subjektais

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