Wasn't Vladamir the Great baptised in the shallow waters of Chersonesos [Crimea] - Putin thinks he's upholding the glorious history of empire -- not unlike Hitler and co had their third reich bathed in mythical legend [Atlantis -- Aryanism -- race purity]. Baptisms would later take part in Kiev in the shallows of the Dnieper -- It's all tied up in Putin proving his legitimacy -- no doubt in sync with the Patriarch of Church!