Maybe this will weaken some of the adulation Putin was getting from Catholics here at FR.
For instance this quote, (which isn’t yours) from a different thread.
“Putin is the best bet on the world stage right now for the traditional family values crowd.”
Or this one, which was in praise of him.
“Reportedly, Russia (Putin) is restoring the former glory of the long gone Orthodox Catholic Church to the exclusion of all protestant efforts to establish there.”
I hope so, but sadly there isn't a lot of traffic on this thread and the fact Catholics are being persecuted by the Russians in Ukraine (and have been for decades, going back to the Soviet era) gets zero media coverage.
I think much of the adoration has to do with the fact that Putin opposes the gay agenda, so they praise him for his "Christian" values, and ignore the fact he's a slimy KGB thug who uses his clout to bully and oppress other Christians.
From what I've seen, most of the PR coming out of Putin's camp about him being a "good Orthodox Christian" is for propaganda purposes, like Obama claiming to be a faithful Christian in 2008 because he attended his wife's kill whitey church. Putin was baptized as a baby and is a nominal Christian, but I doubt he goes to church much. He opposes the gay agenda because he realizes it destroys western civilization, not because of any "Christian values" he holds.
Patton was more right than maybe he even knew. We should have finished the job long ago.