Putin is restoring old pre-Soviet Russian glories. Patriarch Kirill is on very good terms with Putin.
I am sure he is. They are both KGB products. And Putin is just continuing the imperial Russian ambitions. It has been going on since Peter the so called Great. And it didn’t abate during the Soviet times. It has never stopped. The current overly aggressive stance of Putin is fueled by the high oil prices and having a homo Muslim America hater in the White Hut.
To address your next post - bumping off people that oppose you politically is no more Christian than holding hands and smoking dope. Both have nothing to do with Christianity.