The issue of canonical territory has proven to be a significant point of dispute for the Moscow Patriarchate and on the other the perceived Roman Catholic influence within Russia itself .
The Moscow Patriarchate opposes on the one hand the Constantinople Patriarch 's influence in Ukraine .
The issue of canonical territory has proven to be a significant point of dispute for the Moscow Patriarchate , which opposes on the one hand the Constantinople Patriarch 's influence in Ukraine , and on the other the perceived Roman Catholic influence within Russia itself .