He sounds like the antithesis of Francis.
There is also a very interesting article on the Church and State in Russia by Leonid Savin at Katehon (think tank.) In it he states that the West is now so anti-religion that it is to the point of being Satanic and destructive to the nations and states.
http://katehon.com/1068-the-state-and-the-church-in-russia.html