Father Sergiy, who denies the existence of the Covid pandemic, seized control of building in June
Riot police in Russia have arrested a renegade priest in a raid on a convent in the Urals region.
Father Sergiy, whose real name is Nikolai Romanov, gained notoriety earlier this year after denying the existence of the Covid-19 pandemic, railing against church closures during the lockdown and criticising the Russian Orthodox Church.