Putin: Russia is ready to "do everything" to protect Ukrainian believers
Putin and Patriarch Kirill Russia reserves the right to “do everything to protect human rights,” including freedom of religion, ”said Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the situation in Ukraine in connection with the creation of a new autocephalous Orthodox Church in this country. At the same time, Putin emphasized that the Russian authorities "consider any intervention in church affairs absolutely unacceptable," especially in a neighboring country.