I’d like to see someone try to establish a non-Russian Orthodox Christian church in Russia, and then post here about how Putin “cares about restoring Christianity.”
Maybe the Russians like being Russian Orthodox.
There are Lutheran Synods in Russia. One of them has a pastor whom I send support to (he has some health issues that had to be taken care of in Europe).
Even with the dust up in the Ukraine, the Lutheran’s have been for the most part ignored. But there have been Lutheran’s in Russia for a long time.
Evangelicals are viewed as tools of the US, and not welcome. Catholics are ancient enemies from 1054, and treated as such.
Also remember to the Russian Orthodox (like the old school Roman Catholics) if you are not Orthodox, you are NOT Christian. You are at best a pagan, at worst a heretic.
In fact my city alone has a Methodist and a Catholic Churches, first is American-run and the latter related to a US consulate. There is a huge Armenian apostolic Cathedral, Synagogue and two Mosques.