On the other side, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, having promoted himself for years as a defender of Russia's reach as an Orthodox power, also has a keen political interest and desperately wants to keep Ukraine under the wing of the Moscow patriarch.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMongameli Vladimir V. Putin waseRashiya, esezikhangise iminyaka njengomvikeli weRashiya njengombuso o-Orthodox, ebhekile futhi ezombusazwe, efuna futhi ukugcina elase-Ukraine ngaphansi kobuholi bomdabu base-Moscow.