I've seen this happen also in Russia proper. A German Church for example was being rebuilt, and the Russian governor of the region seized it for the ROC. The ROC proceeded to even dig up the graves of the dead and left the bones scattered across the property. They used a memorial plaque as a top for a dog house.
These are the type of barbarians we are dealing with.
The Russian church has been that way since the Czarist era. Makes you wonder how “orthodox” they really are.