http://yes-justice.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] yes-justice.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2013-12-08 09:33 pm (UTC)

If Ronnie had been a little more courageous in his leadership, we'd have dismantled the arsenals.

Francis does have the ear of some powerful people:

http://on.rt.com/bm1szw

"Yury Ushakov, senior foreign policy aide to Putin, said the Pope’s letter had “served as a constructive background for the discussion of the Syrian crisis during the [G20] summit. Afterward, an interesting and rather positive development happened, taking into account the initiatives suggested by our president.” "

I am ignorant, is there a Russian analogue of the Vatican?

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