A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA PART 4 4.11. Religion Under the Government’s Control Crimea is a historically multicultural region, which is a home to about 100 ethnic groups. In particular, the multiculturalism demonstrated itself through a variety of religious communities and denominations. After the establishment of the Rus- sian jurisdiction, the restrictions of religious freedom became commonplace. One of the last obstacles to the continuation of the activities of religious organizations in Crimea became a mandatory re-registration according to the RF law. Before the establishment of the Russian jurisdiction in the Crimean territory, more than 2,000 religious communities, of which more than 1,400 were registered o7 cially existed. On February 12, 2015, only about 100 parishes applied for re-registration, and only 11 passed it. Many religious workers faced intimidation and were summoned for interrogation by FSB. The religious communities cannot act on an equal footing with each oth- er, the property of religious communities was repeatedly seized or destroyed, the alternative religious groups (for example, the Muftiyat of Taurida) were created to split the society in religious R eld, the bureaucratic obstacles are created for certain religious organizations. Only the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate re- mained unaT ected by these problems. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) The R rst temple taken away from UOC-KP with the advent of Russia was the Temple of the Holy Martyr Clement of Rome, located in the territory of the Training Unit of the Ukrainian Navy in Sevastopol. The temple was handed over to the possession of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. Later, the Moscow Patriarchate has demanded from senior priest of the Church of the Mantle of Our Lady in Perevalnoye village (Simferopol district) to hand over the church’s property to the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. After refusal, a group of armed peo- ple in Russian Cossack uniform and the representatives of the ‘Crimean self-defense’ illegally entered the church and destroyed Orthodox relics. During the attack on the temple, a pregnant parishioner and the priest’s daughter were injured. The po- lice o7 cers refused to accept a statement about violence against believers; thus, nobody was brought to justice for the crime. By the end of 2014, the UOC-KP lost 4 temples out of total 15. The Crimean Archbishop, His Grace Kliment (UOC-KP) is constantly threatened and summoned for interrogation by FSB. The unknown persons burned the Archbish- op’s holiday home in the village of Mramornoye, Simferopol district. FSB is trying to 121