VATICAN CITY: Increasingly isolated by the West, Vladimir Putin will hope to find a friendly ear in Pope Francis at their meeting Wednesday, but experts say the Russian President may have misjudged the mood.
The conflicts in the Ukraine and Syria are likely to dominate the talks, organised on the sidelines of a visit to Milan 2015 expo’s Russian pavilion.
Putin, a champion of conservative values who denounces gay marriage and derides the West’s ways, has been cold-shouldered by the United States and much of Europe over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis but seeks an ally in the Argentine pontiff.
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Source: theSun
