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Daniel Keane

Vladimir Putin ‘will answer to God for acts of evil’, says former archbishop

Chairman of Christian Aid and former Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, joins other church leaders leading a crowd in an act of witness outside the Ukrainian embassy in Holland Park, west London (Yui Mok/PA) (Picture: PA)

The former archbishop of York has said that Vladimir Putin will “have one day to answer to God” for the “absolute viciousness” he is unleashing on the Ukrainian people.

John Sentamu, who is now a peer and chairman of the Christian Aid charity, questioned how the president, who identifies as a Russian Orthodox Christian, can say his prayers at night after inflicting acts of “evil” in Ukraine.

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