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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has hired Amsterdam & Partners to fight the effort by Ukraine’s parliament to ban the church for its historic ties to Russia.
“Protecting freedom of religion of all Ukrainians is essential to the continued support for Ukraine in both Washington and key European capitals,” said Robert Amsterdam.
The firm has conducted outreach to the State Dept.’s Office of Religious Freedom, White House, and offices of Sens. Jon Ossoff, Marco Rubio and Jeanne Shaheen. It has received $7K for its efforts.
UOC officially declared its independence from the Moscow church but some local churches have maintained their ties.
Ukraine this month has filed criminal charges against Patriarch Kirill, who heads the Russian Orthodox Church and has close ties with Vladimir Putin.
It accuses Kirill of “infringing on Ukraine’s territorial integrity, justifying armed aggression and planning and preparing an aggressive war.”
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
Imperium Strategies has signed the Government of Turkey as a client for government relations services.
