In this article the author tries to provide a basic outline of the forms and metamorphoses of mutual relations between the Russian orthodox church and the state in the period from the collapse of the USSR to the present day. At the latest since the mid-nineties began to realize the interactions between the two actors and the church has become (co-) creator of the new national/state ideology, which is typical for the current authoritarian regime V. Putin. The text shall be measured on the selected topics and events, on the basis of which it is possible to relationship illustrate. Among these selected examples will have a dominant position case Pussy Riot, which well shows the real interconnection and the creation of discourse, which this link legitimizes.