The Dean of the Sevastopol district of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate Archpriest Sergius Haluta sacked the head of the National reserve "Chersonese" and ten days. His appointment has got lots of rumors, and the city erupted scandal emerged at the state level.


The first new protege of the head of Sevastopol Sergey Menyailo, whose decision on July 29, was assigned to Haluta, opposed to the scientific Staff of the reserve.

They demanded to cancel the order appointing father Sergius the head of the reserve, because His candidacy, according to their vision, " do not meet the qualifications of the Director of the cultural institution ". They also stressed that the previous Director of the Museum of Andrei Kulagin was dismissed with procedural violations.

"given the incompetence in matters of Museum activities

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