On the morning of 24 February 2022, the world awoke to dramatic news - Russia had invaded Ukraine. This caused shockwaves in public opinion and marked a watershed moment, drawing a clear dividing line between nineteenth-and-twentieth-century European History. For many, it was unimaginable that Europe could return to a state of war after the conflict in former Yugoslavia. In Europe, nationalism has resurged with unexpected force, posing a threat of destabilisation, particularly in countries that still grapple with unresolved ethnic issues or are still consolidating their democratic institutions. Based on these premises, this paper aims to discuss the religious and political origins that have influenced Putin's Russia in the emergence of the so called "Putinism" at the domestic and International levels. Doing so, it will be provided an analysis of the relationship between the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church since 1993 trying to underline the main differences between Boris Yeltsin' s approach and Putin's one. Secondly, it will be described the main political implications for the development of the Russian superpresidentialism in relying on the role played by The Russian Patriarch in implementing the Kremlin's policies. To better understand the interaction between religion and politics in the last years, it will be also taken into consideration the "national question" that has shaped history, tradition and culture over the centuries which lies at the core of the contemporary Russian politics.