Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Simferopol and Crimea, who is considered the main candidate for the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch in the event of the death of the current head of the Russian Church, Kirill, has declared territorial claims to Turkey.
As reported by Censor.NET, in a video posted on social media, Tikhon said that he believes that “Constantinople will return to its true homeland as Crimea did.”