The office of the high Commissioner for human rights (OHCHR), the UN published a report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine elections yesterday, saying an "atmosphere of intimidation" that prevails in the country, and noting the rise in violence from the extreme right-wing groups. the paper reported that in the period from January 2018 to January 2019 in Ukraine, there is a tendency "violent attacks and acts of intimidation" regarding correspondents and civil active participants. "These attacks have created an atmosphere of intimidation, which produces a chilling effect on the ability and preparedness of people to speak openly about issues of public importance, the most important thing is to Express their disagreement with policy or concerns about the policy," stated the report. OHCHR stresses that a significant number of attacks allegedly committing right-wing radicals. The Mission expresses its concern at the fact that in most cases such lawlessness to go unpunished. in addition, the report says that the receipt of the autocephaly of the "new Church" of Ukraine, "greatly exacerbated" the conflict between the Orthodox communities. "during the reporting period, OHCHR documented ten cases of threats and acts of intimidation concerning the clergy and laity concerning the Greater part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) ", - reported in the document. The mission expressed concern that "the current political environment even more exacerbating tensions" in this matter. In addition, the report mentioned cases of pressure on priests of the SBU. in early winter of last year, the European Union in the treatment of the results of the Association Council with Ukraine showed the need for protection in this country correspondents and active participants of civil society from attacks. at the same time, the European Parliament released a resolution on the execution of the Treaty on the unity of the EU-Ukraine, which expressed concern about the growing number of criminal cases initiated in Ukraine against correspondents who criticize the authorities or reveal corruption. "New Church" of Ukraine was formed on the "unification Council" in Kiev at the beginning of winter in 2018 as a result, the merging 2 non-canonical Church structures existing in Ukraine. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew January 6 gave Kyiv the Tomos of autocephaly of the " new Church." In the Russian Orthodox Church this "autocephaly" was called "dummy," and the day of the signing of the Tomos - tragic in the history of the Ecumenical Orthodoxy. <span style="color:darkgray