Russian President Vladimir Putin believes Orthodoxy to play an important part in the strengthening of Russian statehood

According to Novosti Russian Information Agency, the head of the state at his press conference in the Kremlin on February 1 answered a question asked by a journalist from Sarov about the role of Orthodoxy in the country’s future and also about the nuclear strategy, saying, ‘Both the traditional confessions of the Russian Federation and its nuclear shield are the components that strengthen Russian statehood and create necessary preconditions for internal and external security of the country. One can clearly draw a conclusion about how the state should treat both.’