Russian police arrest Covid-denier monk in monastery raid

Father Sergiy charged with inciting suicidal actions through sermons urging people to die for Russia'

Russian riot police have stormed a monastery to detain a rebel monk who has castigated the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox church leadership and denied the existence of the coronavirus.

In the overnight showdown, police clashed with the priest's supporters at the Sredneuralsk monastery in the Ural mountains.