Thanks for this pertinent info!
I have read a bit about Kirill before. He’s no Christian either, imo.
Not the oligarchs, not the military. Putin’s security apparatus is what rules Russia. “Security” meaning FSB, meaning all challenges to Putin’s supreme rule are suppressed, repressed, or liquidated.
So this ex-KGB, bs cleric Patriarch Kirill, fits in just fine. He is 100% Putin’s man and will obey Putin 100%, to facilitate Vlad’s supreme rule over Russia, and Vlad’s invasion of Ukraine.