OK, granted, this is hype for a newsletter; but meanwhile this writer is on to something: Russia IS a big player on the world scene, extremely unfriendly to US, AND VERY friendly with the POPE!

http://www.isecureonline.com/reports/CUT/ECUTJ301/Default.cfm?PAGE=2&o=1459894&u=30746694&l=845131&PCODE=ECUTJ301&ALIAS=Putin