The Russian Orthodox Church does whatever Putin tells it to do.
Yup. Russian Orthodox Church was subservient to the tsars, and is now subservient to Putin. Not a surprise, since the church leadership was completely infiltrated by the KGB during the Soviet years.
Forbes reported on 20 February 2009 that, "Kirill, who was the Metropolitan of Smolensk, succeeds Alexei II who died in December after 18 years as head of the Russian Church. According to material from the Soviet archives, Kirill was a KGB agent (as was Alexei). This means he was more than just an informer, of whom there were millions in the Soviet Union. He was an active officer of the organization. Neither Kirill nor Alexei ever acknowledged or apologized for their ties with the security agencies.