Patrikro just repeats the talking points of cramlin propagandists and speakers, including putin himself. I hear some voices in the west. They say, it's all about putin. If he is gone, a putinism will stay. And this putinism, i believe, unfortunately, will be sustained by the churchif there are no chances happening to the church and to the russian society. So even after puttin is gone, there is a huge work ahead of us to what i call deput is the russian soul, the russian seke and the Russian church.
Patriarch Kirill is the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church. A former colleague describes him as a one-time anti-Kremlin nonconformist. Now, he’s blessing Russia’s war in Ukraine.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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