Metropolitan Hilarion (Grigory Alfeyev) filed a lawsuit in a Moscow court against the TV channel Dozhd...

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Metropolitan Hilarion (Grigory Alfeyev) has filed a lawsuit in a Moscow court against the TV channel Dozhd to protect his honor, dignity, and business reputation

The complaint was filed with Moscow’s Ostankinsky District Court on September 9. The substance of the claims is not explained in the case materials.

Metropolitan Hilarion is the former head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations and a former member of the Synod (the Russian Orthodox Church’s highest governing body). In 2022, he became Metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary. In 2024, his former cell attendant Georgy Suzuki accused him of harassment, after which Hilarion was sent to serve as an ordinary priest in Karlovy Vary.

In May 2026, the car in which Hilarion was traveling was stopped by Czech law enforcement officers. Cocaine was found in the car. Hilarion was also detained, but was soon released without charges. In late May, he returned to Russia.

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Metropolitan Hilarion (cocaine was found in his car in Czechia) has sued Dozhd