Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends the enthronement ceremony of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, 2009. Photo: CNS. The UK government announced June 16 that it is imposing sanctions on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office said in a June 16 statement that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was being “sanctioned for his support and endorsement of Putin’s war”. The announcement came after European Union member states failed…
