You’re right. Putin is trying to tap into a powerful global constituent that has no representation in any government: decent human beings. It’s a group that’s been literally robbed, raped, murdered, marginalized, and told they deserve it because all the problems in the world are their fault. We who maintain a traditional Christian worldview are ripe for exploitation by a strongman who’ll set himself up as our champion.
Really, we’ve had it better than any people in the history of the world, so it’s difficult to embrace persecution like God’s Word instructs.
Beware of false prophets.