http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/04/04/vladimir-putin-christian-crusader/
Patrick J. Buchanan surprises and pleases us by asking, “Will Vladimir Putin give the keynote? In the new ideological Cold War, whose side is God on now?”
Buchanan, who was once a presidential candidate, tells us that Russia under Putin is doing a better job of defending pro-life and pro-famly values and seems to have overwhelming public support for it, while “the West is galloping away from these same values.”  Buchanan reminds us that pro-life and pro-family equals pro-peace.  He writes, “But the war to be waged with the West is not with rockets. It is a cultural, social, moral war where Russia’s role, in Putin’s words, is to ‘prevent movement backward and downward, into chaotic darkness and a return to a primitive state.’”
Buchanan’s new book is Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?   It has been reviewed by WCF’s Allan Carlson, who writes, “While the other super-powers march to a pagan world-view, Russia is defending Judeo-Christian values. During the Soviet era, Western communists flocked to Moscow. This year, World Congress of Families VII will be held in Moscow, Sept. 10-12.”  Author Masha Gessen, who has written a book on Putin, says of his last two years, “Russia is remaking itself as the leader of the anti-Western world.”  See the full story in The American Conservative: (lhttp://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/04/04/vladimir-putin-christian-crusader/)