Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov Tikhon Shevkunov, left, and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill during an opening ceremony of the Prince Alexander Nevsky and His Guard memorial on the shore of the Lake Peipsi (Chudskoye) at the supposed location of the Battle of the Ice in 1242, to mark Alexander Nevsky's 800th birthday in Samolva, Pskov region, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Alexander Nevsky was prince of Novgorod and then grand prince of Vladimir. (Alexei Druzhinin/Pool Photo via AP)