UK sanctions Patriarch Kirill
On 16 June 2022 the UK government placed Patriarch Kirill on its Russia sanctions list over his support for the invasion of Ukraine.
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On 16 June 2022 the UK government placed Patriarch Kirill on its Russia sanctions list over his support for the invasion of Ukraine. Earlier that month the EU had dropped him from its own package after Hungary's representative refused to approve the measures unless the patriarch's name was removed, briefly putting the entire list in doubt.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Patriarch Kirill
PersonDirect responsibility
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UK sanctions Patriarch Kirill. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
What changed
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No public driver impacts are listed for this fact.
Evidence
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- 1.churchtimes.co.ukchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: kirill+sanction+uk · verified
- 2.ewtnnews.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: kirill+sanction+uk · verified
Causal path
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No causal path is recorded: this fact is not linked to a driver.
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Factrail. (2026). UK sanctions Patriarch Kirill. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/uk-sanctions-patriarch-kirill-2022-06-16
https://factrail.ai/facts/uk-sanctions-patriarch-kirill-2022-06-16
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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