In the beginning of his career in the church, keril was quite a nonconformist. He grew up and matured as a personality with aversion to no soviet ideology. After he became the patriach, i think he changed as a personality dramatically. From the most open minded hierarch of the russian church, he became probably most conservative. But kirio perceives his relationship with putin as a sort of a deal with the devil. The church is prosperous under utins regime. At the same time the church is as engaged as it was under the sovietr.