Photo: AP / Scanpix / LETA Propagandist from God Putin’s longtime acquaintance, Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), has moved away from the church authorities, moved closer to secular power and is engaged in projects that justify the war. In recent years they have cost no less than 20 billion rubles A photograph appears on a small touch screen: a Ukrainian girl is giving milk to a German soldier. “It gets to your heartstrings,” sighs the guide.