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together. around the year 988. with the baptism of the first. the ruler of kyiv on. a territory including parts of modern day ukraine, russia and belarus. the capitol was not moscow. but kyiv. this is why kyiv and ukraine are so important to putin and patriarch. they want to return to the glory days of the midevil empire. ukraine has been independent since 1991. part of the ukrainian orthodox church for centuries linked to the russian church also officially severed ties to moscow in 20196789 -- 2019. he wants the ukrainian church back. we must do everything to protect our church from outside action. his influence is important for the roughly 100 million russian

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