The Putin Interviews
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Putin with religious leaders of Russia, February 2001. Putin regularly attends the most important services of the Russian Orthodox Church on the main holy days and has established a good relationship with Patriarchs of the Russian Church, the late Alexy II of Moscow and the current Kirill of Moscow.
With religious rhetoric, Putin taps into a long tradition that imagines a Greater Russia extending across present-day Ukraine and Belarus, in a combined territory known as Holy Rus’. Nostalgic...
Jan 21, 2023 · With his luxury watch and murky Soviet past, Patriarch Kirill is Putin's spiritual leader and power broker - ABC News. By Lucy Sweeney and Lucia Stein. Posted Sat 21 Jan 2023 at 10:42am. While Patriarch Kirill projects an ethos of spiritual humility, many Russians see him as a wealthy and powerful member of Putin's elite inner circle.
Oct 19, 2017 · Putin and the ‘triumph of Christianity’ in Russia. The rise of the Orthodox Church in Russia appears unstoppable, write filmmakers Glenn Ellis and Viktoryia Kolchyna who went to investigate the...
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Mar 21, 2022 · Vladimir Putin speaks to Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (center) in Samolva, Russia, on Sept. 11, 2021. Alexei Druzhinin/Pool Photo via AP. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the...
May 21, 2022 · The leader of about 100 million faithful, Kirill, 75, has staked the fortunes of his branch of Orthodox Christianity on a close and mutually beneficial alliance with Mr. Putin, offering him...
Feb 9, 2024 · News | Russia-Ukraine war. ‘God of war’: Russian Orthodox Church stands by Putin, but at what cost? The head of the Russian Orthodox Church is the president’s spiritual leader, but he...
