except that Putin has no problems with Muslims...taking care of his buddy Ramazon Kadyrov in Chechnya (whose just been sanctioned by Trump) - and allied with Iran and Turkey to boot.
“Rebuilding churches” in Syria (in exchange for permanent Russian military bases) in the region. Pleasing Assad while undermining Israel. etc...
He uses the Orthodox, from what I have seen.
I think he’s playing the Muslims. Sometimes you can’t take on all your enemies at once. They are a tool that is being used to weaken opposition. We tried doing the same thing, just not as well.
But I could easily be wrong. Compared to our previous administration.....