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Patriarch Kirill, loyal Kremlin cleric facing sanctions

A key pillar of Putin’s ruling apparatus, the 75-year-old Kirill has championed conservative religious values and buttressed the Kremlin’s authoritarian tendencies
In recent weeks he has backed Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, calling on supporters to rally to fight Moscow’s ‘external and internal enemies’

By AFP · 04 May 2022

By AFP · 14 March 2022