Anyone who red Clancy novels knows it’s “Motherland”. Fatherland was Germany especially during the goose step days.Vladolf Putler: Greetings on Defender of the Fatherland Day
Rodina is “motherland”.
Russia and actual Russians always refer to their nation as Rodina.
Read the article which came from the “President’s” Office and used both Motherland and Fatherland. Obviously someone who favors “Soviet Nation”, the old red flag, and exposing his manly torso from the waist up would prefer Fatherland.