Answering the question of whether the head of the UGCC sees a threat in the fact that the Russian Orthodox Church, which relies on Putin's power, claims to be a global spiritual leader and the main guardian of conservative values, His Beatitude Sviatoslav replied that he does not see "the truth of these statements."

"I will not talk about the role of the Russian Orthodox Church, which this Church claims. But are traditional Christian values the foundation of the Russian Federation's policy? If we delve into the postulates that underlie Russia's geopolitical considerations and movements, these postulates are quite different from those of Christian values.

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