With Putin talking about the orthodox church being holy and using to justify some conservative bullshit, all I can remember was the bolsheviks going around the country proudly declaring that cities were now "officially godless" and redistributing the church's gold amongst the people and using it to pay for electrification projects.
No, not when opposing these imperial interests is form very reactionary point and a very similar ideological departure point. Cause then it is just elites infighting, rather than genuine opposition.
Except it's good because they help the good countries.