Russian priest calls on Russia to restore the monarchy and appoint Putin emperor

An influential Russian Churchman, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, has called on the country to restore the monarchy of the Romanov dynasty and appoint president Vladimir Putin as royal emperor.

The ultra orthodox priest from Moscow said another option would be to bring back the Romanov dynasty, which was overthrown a century ago in 1917.
Speaking at the launch of his new book, 'Faith and Life - so there is no liter in your house' the 48yr old celibate priest said:

'We are a country with monarchic mentality'.

'It doesn't matter that we don't now have formal monarchy, I think we can re-make it with Putin on top'.

'Or else with somebody from the Romanov house, or with an elected person as head.'

'While we don't have formal monarchy, we have monarchic understanding that Russia cannot be without a tsar'.

'But this tsar must take advice from people, which is why having a nation is so important,' he insisted.

 He further called for the constitution to be amended to allow for the return of the monarchy. 

Source: Daily Mail