Interesting:
"We are fully cognizant of the fact of the extraordinary difficulties of the situation of Metropolitan Sergius, who is de facto now heading the Russian Church, and we recognize the full weight of the responsibilities lying on him for the fate of the latter. Therefore, no one may take upon themselves the hubris to condemn him for the effort itself to enter into negotiations with the Soviet authorities in order to create a legal status for the Russian Church." (ROCOR, Conciliar Epistle of 1933)