Russia should reinstate the monarchy and appoint PUTIN as royal emperor, says influential Moscow churchman
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin would like to see Vladimir Romanov as emperor
He said another option would be to bring back the Romanov dynasty
The Romanov dynasty was overthrown exactly a century ago – in 1917
‘We are a country with monarchic mentality,’ he said, at the launch of his book
By WILL STEWART
DailyMail.com
1 January 2017
Russia should reinstate the monarchy, and appoint Vladimir Putin as royal emperor, says an influential Moscow churchman.
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin said another option would be to bring back the Romanov dynasty, which was overthrown exactly a century ago in 1917.
‘We are a country with monarchic mentality,’ he said, at the launch of his new book.
‘It doesn’t matter that we don’t now have formal monarchy, I think we can re-make it with Putin on top.
‘Or else with somebody from the Romanov house, or with an elected person as head.’
He insisted: ‘While we don’t have formal monarchy, we have monarchic understanding that Russia cannot be without a tsar.
‘But this tsar must take advice from people, which is why having a nation is so important.’
The archpriest called for ‘constitutional reform’ to allow the return of the monarchy as he launched his book ‘Faith and Life – so there is no litter in your house’.
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