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.
Kwelinye icala, uMongameli Vadimir V. Putin waseRussia, oseneminyaka azibeka njengomvikeli weRussia ukuze ibe namandla kwezeNkolo, uphinde abe nentshisekelo kwezepolitiki futhi ufuna ngamandla akhe onke ukugcina i-Ukraine ingaphansi kwamandla eMoscow.