Although similar to the US/UK axis in the sense that it seeks to further the interests of the broader Russian state over any kind of altruistic defence of humanity, the orgs contained within and subordinate to Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) remain separate from that lobe of the Coalition due to its distrust of NATO, its member nations, and the orgs in those countries' employ. Their role within the Coalition is often to temper operational overreach, but the Russians devote a rather considerable amount of time and resources undermining the Vatican loyalists' confidence in the USA and United Kingdom.
