Assad Should Be Seen as Moscow’s Greater Threat
Ed Husain argues, "Russia should see that unless Assad gives way, the opposition will become more radicalized and increasingly jihadi."
Speaker: Leonid Kishkovsky, Director of External Affairs and Interchuch Relations, Orthodox Church in America
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
May 23, 2012
Leonid Kishkovsky, director of external affairs and interchurch relations for the Orthodox Church in America, leads a conversation on the relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin, and the standing of religious minorities in Russia, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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