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Bygget av rysk-ortodoxa kyrkan i Västerås 2019. (Wikimedia/RefDr)

Lokalpolitiker: Fruktansvärt – trodde inte det var så illa

Ledande politiker i Västerås uttrycker oro och frustration efter nyheten om att ryska staten delfinansierat den nyligen invigda rysk-ortodoxa kyrkan i staden. Det skriver VLT om bygget som inleddes för några år sedan.

– Att det var så allvarligt trodde man inte. Men det var en liten annan världsbild då och hade vi vetat mer och fått mer information hade vi nog inte genomfört affären, säger kommunstyrelsens ordförande Staffan Jansson (S).

Kyrkan är placerad 300 meter från Västerås flygplats och experter varnar för ryska hybridhot. Oppositionsrådet Elisabeth Unell (M) tycker att det känns ”fruktansvärt”.

Båda politikerna efterlyser en nationell plan för hur man kan förhindra liknande etableringar, där även aspekter som rör rikets säkerhet tas i beaktande.

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