A ranar 4 ga watan Yuli, Paparoma Francis ya sanar da cewa yana da aniyar ziyartar Moscow da Kyiv da wuri-wuri. Shugaban na Vatican yana magana akai-akai da shugaban Ukraine Zelensky amma yana so ya ziyarci Putin kafin ya nufi Kyiv. Ya yi imanin cewa yana iya zama wakilin tsaka-tsakin da zai iya shawo kan Putin ya kawo karshen yakin.
A gefe guda na layin, a Moscow, akwai halayen daban-daban ga wannan ra'ayi. A cikin ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Rasha, yawancin suna goyon bayan irin wannan ziyarar. Ko da a cikin gwamnatin shugaban kasa, martanin yana da kyau sosai, kuma suna kallon wannan shawara mai cike da cece-kuce. Amma ba haka lamarin yake ba a cikin FSB da sojoji. A can, wani labari ne, kuma ana kallon sa baki na Francis tare da aƙalla zato kuma yawanci tare da cikakken ƙin yarda.
Babban actor na wannan mataki na diflomasiyya shi ne shugaban kungiyar Tsoffin Muminai Leonid Sevastianov. Sevastianov yana da damar zuwa Paparoma kuma yana da la'akari da shi sosai, kuma shine wanda Babban Fafaroma zai saurare shi idan ana maganar Rasha. Har ila yau, shi ne wanda ke yin ra'ayi na gwamnatin shugaban kasa a Rasha, yana mai da ra'ayin cewa Vatican ita ce kawai "kasa mai tsaka-tsaki" sannan kuma ita kadai ce ke da matsayi na zama mai shiga tsakani na gaske. Leonid Sevastianov Kirista ne mai ƙarfi, wanda ya yi imanin cewa manufarsa ta ruhaniya ita ce yin duk abin da ke cikin ikonsa don kawo ƙarshen yaƙin.
Amma babban adawa yana fitowa ne daga Cocin Orthodox na Rasha (ROC) Patriarch na Moscow Kirill. Kirill babban mai goyon bayan yakin, kuma ya ba da hujjar shi, kamar yadda shugabannin addinai da yawa a Rasha, ta hanyar buƙatar kare duniyar Kiristanci daga ƙazantattun Yammacin Turai waɗanda suka lalatar da ƙungiyoyin asiri da arna, saƙon da Kremlin ya karɓa. Babban tsoronsa shine ya ga Paparoma ya shigo cikin "yankinsa", yana wa'azin zaman lafiya. Ko da kafin yakin, Kirill ya yi tsayayya da zuwan shugaban Vatican, kuma dalilin ya bayyana a fili: Kirill ba a yi la'akari da shi da masu bi ba, kuma ba ya jawo hankalin kowa (ko kadan) lokacin da ya bayyana a fili. Idan Paparoma Francis zai zo Rasha, da alama ya ja hankalin dubban Kiristoci su tarbe shi, wanda ko shakka babu zai zubar da kimar Kirill a kasar.
Don haka Kirill yana kunna cibiyar sadarwarsa a bayan wurin don hana Sevastianov nasara, wanda ba shi da haɗari ga na ƙarshe. Kirill tsohon wakili ne na KGB kuma baya ja da baya daga dattin datti don cimma burinsa. Sevastianov, wanda a gaskiya shi ne tsohon abokin aiki na Kirill, kuma ya yi aiki tsawon shekaru a matsayin darektan St. Gregory da Theologian ta Charity Foundation, babbar Orthodox Foundation a Moscow kafa ta Kirill da Metropolitan Hilarion, ya kwanan nan bayyana cewa goyon bayan da Sarkin Moscow ga yakin ya kasance ana daukarsa a matsayin bidi'a, ta fuskar addini. Wannan ba maganar kunya ba ce.
Hilarion da kansa, wanda aka yi la'akari da lamba 2 na ROC kuma shi ne shugaban Sashen Harkokin Harkokin Ikilisiya na waje na Moscow Patriarchate, kwanan nan an rage shi kuma ya aika zuwa wata karamar diocese a Hungary. Babu wata fassarorin fassarar wannan raguwar: wasu sun ce Hilarion yana adawa da yakin kuma an hukunta shi. Wasu kuma sun ce Kirill ya gan shi a matsayin barazana domin yana da damar maye gurbinsa a matsayin sarki, wasu kuma na cewa shi ne a samu shi a matsayin da ya fi dacewa ya yi wa ROC a fage na kasa da kasa bayan da Kirill ya samu takunkumi. Burtaniya, kuma da kyar ta kauce wa takunkumin EU saboda sa baki na minti na karshe na Viktor Orban, Firayim Minista na Hungary.
Duk da haka, idan diflomasiyyar Sevastianov ta kasance mai haɗari ga kansa, kuma yana da tsayi. Sevastianov ya ci gaba da matsa kaimi tun a watan Fabrairu, ya sami goyon bayan Babban Fafaroma kuma yanzu yana samun ci gaba a Moscow. Tabbas, ko da zai yi nasarar kai Francis zuwa Moscow, babbar tambaya ita ce ko zai yi tasiri ga Vladimir Putin? Tarihi zai ba da labari.
