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An ultraconservative Russian priest who denies coronavirus exists has taken over a women's monastery by force.
Father Sergei Romanov entered the Sredneuralsk convent outside the city of Yekaterinburg on Tuesday.
The mother superior and several nuns have left and armed guards are patrolling the site.
Father Sergei has stated church authorities "will have to storm the monastery" if they want him to leave.
Police visited the site on Wednesday but made no arrests.
The controversial cleric was barred from preaching in April and then stripped of the right to wear a cross in May after he encouraged the faithful to disobey public health orders.
Coronavirus: Covid-denying priest Father Sergei Romanov seizes Russian monastery - BBC News
Father Sergei Romanov entered the Sredneuralsk convent outside the city of Yekaterinburg on Tuesday.
The mother superior and several nuns have left and armed guards are patrolling the site.
Father Sergei has stated church authorities "will have to storm the monastery" if they want him to leave.
Police visited the site on Wednesday but made no arrests.
The controversial cleric was barred from preaching in April and then stripped of the right to wear a cross in May after he encouraged the faithful to disobey public health orders.
Coronavirus: Covid-denying priest Father Sergei Romanov seizes Russian monastery - BBC News