Putin needs to go to church more.
You don’t go to paradise because you were a victim. Just like you don’t pop off or go to hell because you were on an aggressor’s team.
He’s clearly versed in Islamic theology though.
In 2010, he explicitly stated: “Orthodox Christianity closer to Islam than Catholicism”
“From very beginning,” the Russian leader said, “Russia was built up as a multi-national and multi-confessional state.” And after saying that “the state exists to serve the interests of the majority,” he added, “you know, we have Eastern Christianity and certain theoreticians say that it is much closer to Islam than [Roman] Catholicism is.”
http://windowoneurasia.blogspot.com/2010/12/window-on-eurasia-putin-says-orthodoxy.html
My guess is there is a little something lost in the translation.
Anyway, I think he probably believes his version of an afterlife.
Your version might not be correct. By the time we find out, it will be too late.
“”And we, as victims of aggression, will go straight to paradise as martyrs, while they will simply pop off,” Putin said, causing the audience to laugh.”
It was pretty obviously a joke. The Russian sense of humor is actually pretty funny if you learn about it. The mother-in-law genre is especially wry.
Mr. Putin needs a bit more Bible study.
I suggest he start (no pun intended) with Ezekiel 38.
Then go on to the Gospels.