Leaders from a higher power
Some of Ahmadinejad's adversaries say his advisors are inaccurately claiming the president is the precursor to the reappearance of the hidden imam. Now, one of Putin's aides says he was sent by God. Is this the beginning of a new phase of comparative politics? Are there new concepts we need to add to the textbooks?Top Kremlin aide says Putin is God’s gift to Russia
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was sent to Russia by God to help his country during one of its most turbulent times, the Kremlin’s chief political strategist said on Friday in rare public remarks. “I honestly believe that Putin is a person who was sent to Russia by fate and by the Lord at a difficult time for Russia,” Vladislav Surkov, a staunch Putin supporter and one of Russia’s most powerful men, was quoted by Interfax news agency as telling state-run Chechen TV…
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